Thread: Wisconsin tuition cut for immigrants wouldn't cost much

Wisconsin tuition cut for immigrants wouldn't cost much
5/17/2009 1:31 pm

MADISON -- A legislative analysis says Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to allow some illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition would affect few students and cost very little.

The plan would allow illegal immigrants who graduate from Wisconsin high schools and have lived in the state three years to be charged in-state rates at Wisconsin universities and technical colleges.

The Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the plan could actually increase tuition revenue. That's because few illegal immigrants are paying the higher out-of-state tuition levels because they can't afford it.

The report says exact numbers are unknown but an estimated 400 to 650 illegal immigrants might graduate from Wisconsin high schools every year.



http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/451507

The hell it would not

What's in the water in Madison, because it apparent the pundits have forgotten how to add and subtract?

The report says exact numbers are unknown but an estimated 400 to 650 illegal immigrants might graduate from Wisconsin high schools every year.

Yeah? Get real!

This is how it starts, next year you will see 3-4 times that number... The answer is, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It doesn't matter what it costs as long as the taxpayers are stuck with the bill.

Aren't admissions limited? So in effect 400 to 650 American students could be denied an admission to the school of his/her choice. That bothers me more than the money aspect.

You need to get rid of a governor--who puts illegals on an equal or higher level with citizens. I do not care if they have been here three or thirty years. If you are not here through legal channels, you should be deported.