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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Public Colleges and Illegal Immigrants
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill expected to get a lot of ink this session would cut of state services to illegal immigrants. Here’s the story.
Reporter Jim Galloway says: “The measure’s largest impact could be on the state university system. Illegal immigrants would be barred from enrolling in the state’s 34 public universities and colleges.
Currently, those institutions ask potential students whether they are Georgia residents � but only for the purpose of assigning in-state or out-of-state tuition fees. State officials do not keep track of how many undocumented students are in the university system. Undocumented students are not entitled to the lottery-funded HOPE college scholarships.
Nine states have authorized their university systems to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.”
Should illegal immigrants be barred from enrolling in the state’s public colleges and universities?
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