Thread: UT: House Passes Amended Bill Repealing In-State Tuition

House passes amended bill repealing Utah college tuition for illegal immigrants

By Dennis Romboy

Deseret News
Published: Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 4:30 p.m. MST


SALT LAKE CITY — Undocumented immigrant college students would still be able to get resident tuition if they or their parents can show they have paid income taxes for three years.

The House approved an amended version of HB191 after some pointed debate Monday. Bill sponsor, Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, said it's not unreasonable for the state to require illegal immigrants to demonstrate they pay taxes in order to obtain the tuition benefit.

"All we're asking for is a little personal responsibility," he said. "How could that be wrong?"

Rep. Kay McIff, R-St. George, said the repeal proposal has come up three times since he's been in the Legislature.

"Each time it was bad public policy. It's bad public policy now," he said.

McIff argued the bill would discourage Latinos, whether citizens or not, from attending college.

In 2002, the Legislature passed a bill allowing undocumented students who complete three years of high school in Utah and graduate to be eligible for in-state college tuition. The payment of income taxes by either the student, parents or a guardian is to coincide with those three years of schooling.

Currently, 643 noncitizen students attend Utah colleges and universities, generating $2.3 million in resident tuition. According to legislative fiscal analysts, that figure would be $5.5 million higher if they paid nonresident tuition.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7053 ... rants.html

this is all BS
don't the American a have any say in this? in they should not let any illiegal Immigrant In any college at all stay the hell In Mexico you have college In Mexico why you will get it for free & wll the american has to pay all i see the bill has to pass well pass the illegal immigrant . the hell Out of our country
No amnesty

Will it matter? Is not Utah now a SOMOS REPUBLICAN stronghold?

Originally Posted by Mayflowerchick

Will it matter? Is not Utah now a SOMOS REPUBLICAN stronghold?

yes and that is why the bill was amended. and that is why it passed.

as did house bill 116 and has now advanced to the Rules Committee in the senate

house bill 116
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1189008.html#1189008

2/23/2011 House/ passed 3rd reading VOTE 43 YES, 28 NO, 4 ABSENT
VOTE RECORD: http://le.utah.gov/~2011/status/hbillst ... 2.001h.txt

of 75 House members, only 17 are dems yet this bill which is the house version of senate bill 60 passed 43-28

27 Republicans voted Yes to this.
16 Democrats voted yes to this.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1191168.html#1191168

VOTE RECORD:
44 YES 28 NO, 3 ABSENT

HOUSE BILL 191

http://le.utah.gov/~2011/status/hbillst ... 1.004h.txt

The traitors in Utah are:
The Mormon Church (but they have no problem being bigoted towards gays who also happen to be Gods children)
The Sutherland Institute
Bramble
Robles
Wright
Ivory homes