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¶ … Federation for American Immigration Reform's background website regarding various state-based initiatives allowing qualified illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition rates.
All children in the United States is entitled to a primary and secondary public education, regardless of their citizenship and immigration status. However, once they reach college, illegal aliens are required to pay the tuition rate of foreign, international students. This places higher education out of the reach of many children of undocumented aliens.
To address this problem, the states of Texas, Utah, Illinois, New York and California passed laws giving undocumented immigrants the right to pay in-state tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities. This option is available to students who graduated from a state high school and have been residents in the state for at least three years.
The laws are also contingent on a student gaining admission to the universities.
The law also includes a provision that will enable undocumented alien students to apply for permanent residence status at the earliest time possible
Conclusion
Anti-immigrant groups like FAIR are vocal opponents of these laws, and have previously argued for stronger...
This website argues that proposals to grant in-state tuition for illegal immigrants should be opposed and those laws already in effect should be repealed.
Reason
FAIR presents three main reasons in support of its position. First, the group maintains that allowing illegal immigrant youth access to higher education will necessarily limit opportunities for United States citizens and legal residents. Second, FAIR holds that this law places an unfair burden on the states' taxpayers. Finally, FAIR reasons that state laws allowing in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens are violate several provisions of federal immigration laws. Thus, according to the group, such tuition measures are illegal.
Assumptions
The FAIR reasoning rests on several questionable assumptions. First, the group assumes that in-state tuition laws come at the expense of legal residents. FAIR believes that allowing aliens to pay in-state tuition rates will somehow limit higher education opportunities for United States citizens. The group also assumes the laws represent an unfair burden on the state taxpayers. Finally, FAIR assumes that such laws are in violation of federal immigration laws, and are therefore illegal.
Ambiguities
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Works Cited
FAIR Issue Brief. "Taxpayers should not have to subsidize college for illegal aliens." Issue Brief. May 2003. Federation for American Immigration Reform. 13 September 2003 http://www.fairus.org/html/04182108.htm.
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