Illegal aliens roundup: Learn the law ...
Monday, August 4, 2008



South Carolina deserves credit for laying down the law this summer to bar illegal aliens from matriculating to any public college or university.
That it is the only state to do so speaks volumes about the lax attitude by other states with regard to obeying the law and protecting the public purse.

But there's hope for the future: the start of a national movement to stop handing out taxpayer-subsidized tuition that makes it easier for illegals to migrate into classrooms.

Earlier this decade 10 states passed laws allowing in-state rates for such students, according to USA Today. However, in the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits for those who entered the U.S. illegally with their parents but who grew up and went to school in the state.

Refusing in-state tuition benefits is still a far cry from the "Just Say No" South Carolina solution. But it is a step in the right direction.

In May, community colleges in North Carolina stopped enrolling illegals after the state attorney general said admitting them might be a violation of federal law.

Admitting illegals into this country, let alone into the classroom, is a violation of federal law.

As more states start limiting access to higher education, illegals should consider this an education. They're getting an introductory course in the rule of law.
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