Mar 3, 2009 4:53 pm US/Mountain
DENVER

Illegal Immigrants May Not Get College Subsidy

A proposal to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates is being weakened in the face of opposition.

Democratic Sen. Chris Romer said Tuesday he would no longer seek to give these students the same state subsidy other Colorado students get.

The state provides every Colorado student with a voucher worth about $2,000 which they can use at a state college of their choice within the state.

Under Romer's proposal, students who graduated from Colorado high schools and are in the country illegally would qualify to pay lower in-state tuition rates. But they wouldn't get the same subsidy as other students and would have to make up the difference.

He said donors could help them make up the additional cost.

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