Thread: Why in-state tuition isn’t just wrong; it’s impractical

Why in-state tuition isn’t just wrong; it’s impractical
PoliPundit.com
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September 24, 2011

The moral arguments against giving illegal aliens in-state tuition are obvious:

1. The taxpayers of Texas have a right to send their kids to school with their tax dollars, not scofflaws

2. Why should illegal aliens get benefits that American citizens – say, residents of Oklahoma – or legal aliens cannot?

3. In-state tuition further rewards those who break the law, at the expense of law abiding citizens.

But apart from these moral arguments, there are also practical arguments against giving people in-state tuition:

1. Obviously, in-state tuition is one more incentive to break the law, and helps create a climate of disregard for border-jumping.

2. In-state tuition violates a federal law passed in 1996 to prevent states from giving illegals in-state tuition.

3. Once these students graduate, how will they find work? Most organizations that hire college students will weed them out, either because these students won’t commit perjury on their job applications, or because more and more employers are using E-Verify. So these students will not have any career prospects.

4. Instead those seats could have been filled by legal Texans, who could make better contributions to the economy. Alternately, they could have been filled by out-of-state students who would pay the full rate and help Texas’ state budget.

5. At about $100K per student, for 16,000 students, Texas has spent about $1.6 billion dollars giving in-state tuition to illegal aliens. That money could have been spent on other things, such as a border fence.

And, finally, let’s take in-state tuition for illegals to its logical conclusion. If you support in-state tuition for illegal aliens, then:

1. Would you support giving them work visas after they graduate, so that their education isn’t wasted?

2. If so, would you then support giving them Green Cards (permanent residency), which would lead to citizenship, so that they won’t have to go home to lands they barely remember?

3. If so, should those whose parents couldn’t afford to send them to college get the same privileges as those who went to college? Should we give US citizenship to anyone who’s brought here below the age of 18 and goes to school in the US for three years?

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The Texas bill requires the alien to apply for citizenship within 3 years but who's checking up on that?

They get three years of discounted education and get away with the lie.

Dixie

AND
They are receiving State funded student aid see post at.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-250812-.html

Originally Posted by Newmexican

AND
They are receiving State funded student aid see post at.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-250812-.html

I don't know how they are doing that. That wasn't in the Texas bill. It must be one of those loopholes or an administrative decision.

The state of Texas has never given me any financial aid for my education.

Dixie