Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Arizona Illegals Told to Pay Up at College Or Leave

The Arizona Republic reports:
Arizona's universities and colleges don't know how they will deal with undocumented students nearly two months after voters passed Proposition 300, leaving students uncertain about tuition costs and their education.

The new law more than triples tuition and could affect thousands of undocumented students. Some students are scrambling to find private scholarships that don't require Social Security numbers, proof of legal residency or citizenship. Some said they will try to raise money from businesses and non-profits. Others plan to protest the law during Monday's Bowl Championship Series college football title game in Glendale and call attention to the DREAM Act, a proposal to give undocumented students a chance to gain legal permanent residency.

The passage of Proposition 300 strikes at the heart of student immigration cases that have played out in Arizona: whether students brought to the U.S. illegally as children by their parents should be given special status.


With spring classes two weeks away, some of those students fear they will be priced out of college. Others worry they will have to move to Mexico, a country they consider foreign, to attend school.
Youthful lawbreakers getting what's coming to them.Imagine that.