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GOP policy aims to keep illegals out of colleges


By Brian McNeill / bmcneill@dailyprogress.com | 978-7266
September 2, 2007



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A GOP proposal to ban illegal immigrants from public colleges and universities in Virginia would halt the education of a handful of Charlottesville-area community college students.
At a news conference last week in Richmond, Republican leaders of the General Assembly announced a package of legislative proposals aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

Among the measures is a bill to disallow undocumented immigrants from pursuing a higher education in Virginia. Such a move, they said, would ensure that Virginia residents do not lose out on college admission slots to illegal aliens.

“Honest, law-biding Virginia taxpayers have had enough,â€