April 13, 2007

State Legislatures Debate Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

By JOSH KELLER

Should students who are not U.S. citizens or green-card holders, but who attended local high schools, get in-state rates?

For years, State Sen. Dean Martin of Arizona, a Republican, tried to push through legislation that would prevent illegal immigrants from paying lower, in-state-tuition at the state's public colleges.

He nearly succeeded in 2005, when a colleague's bill that prohibited illegal immigrants from being classified as in-state students passed the Legislature, only

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