LINCOLN …#8221; A lawmaker trying to curb illegal immigration assured fellow senators Wednesday that his bill wouldn’t keep children of illegal immigrants from paying the in-state college tuition rate.

It appears to be a compromise, after a similar immigration plan from Republican Gov. Dave Heineman fizzled last year because it would have overturned the law that extends the less expensive tuition to some children of illegal immigrants.

“I do not want to get that involved in this issue,â€