Crain's New York Business reports:
City University of New York is returning thousands of dollars to about 150 immigrant students who live illegally in the U.S. and overpaid for their tuition.
A student group called CUNY Dreamers told school officials late last year that many such immigrant students in New York paid higher, out-of-state tuition even though they were eligible, by law, for in-state rates, a difference of about $4,000 per semester.
A CUNY spokesman said administrators conducted a complete review of enrollments on CUNY's 24 campuses and began the process of returning excess payments.
New York is among 19 states that allow in-state tuition for immigrant students who live illegally in the country. Its law, passed in 2002, offers the in-state rate to immigrant students who attended a New York state high school for two or more years or received their GED in the state.
There's more:
In the CUNY system, with 274,000 degree students, tuition rates vary but in-state tuition can cost about $3,000 per semester while out-of-state tuition can be more than $7,000 a semester.
If you are an out of state legal resident of the United States: you may have a great lawsuit here because you are being denied "equal protection under the law". This could be a massive class action lawsuit. Why should a citizen of New Jersey pay more in tuition than an illegal? Why?
