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Yahoo!A Santa Barbara organization dedicated to tightening the United States borders — Californians for Population Stabilization — lauded an appellate court ruling challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows California immigrant college students to pay in-state tuition. The appellate judges decreed that the state law — which allowed immigrants who could demonstrate they attended three years of California High school to apply for in-state tuition — flew in the face of Congressional efforts to limit immigration. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of several out-of-state students who charged it was unfair that they had to pay out-of-state tuition while immigrants in the country illegally could qualify for the cheaper costs. This year, the California Legislature approved a bill that would expand those opportunities by enabling immigrant students with three years of high school to apply for limited student aid. PUEBLO, a countywide organization that advocates for immigrants, strongly endorsed that law, which has yet to be signed by the governor.
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"...Immigrants Paying In-State Tuition"
The title purposely confuses illegal with legal immigrants. Any legal immigrant who was a California resident was previously entitled to in-state tuition prior to the change in UC policy. Only _illegal_ immigrants were previously ineligible for in-state tuition, despite their residency status.
Allowing anyone who spent three years in a California high school to receive in-state tuition benefits was solely intended to give the benefit to illegal immigrants.
"Immigrants" should be changed to "Illegal Immigrants" in both the title and article text in the interest of accuracy and fairness to those objecting to the tuition policy.
revisionist (anonymous profile)
September 19, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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