Thread: CA-Poll: Repeal resident tuition for ill. immigrant students

Poll: Repeal resident tuition for illegal immigrant students?
September 14th, 2009, 5:40 pm · 302 Comments ·
posted by Gary Robbins

The University of California Board of Regents will meet in San Francisco Tuesday to discuss raising students fees as much as 30 percent. The proposal — along with the cancellation of scores of classes at public colleges and universities due to the state budget crisis — has led some readers to call for the repeal of AB 540, which allows “undocumented studentsâ€

Should undocumented students be allowed to pay resident fees at California's public colleges and universities, as made possible by AB 540?

* Yes
148 20% of all votes
* No
517 70% of all votes
* I'm unsure because no one knows how many illegal immigrant students qualify for resident tuition
70 10% of all votes

Total Votes: 735

Should undocumented students be allowed to pay resident fees at California's public colleges and universities, as made possible by AB 540?
Yes
154 19% of all votes

No
580 72% of all votes

I'm unsure because no one knows how many illegal immigrant students qualify for resident tuition
70 9% of all votes

Total Votes: 804 Started: September 14, 2009