In April, members of Congress sponsored bipartisan legislation to repeal the provision in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that prohibits states "from providing a post-secondary education benefit to an alien not lawfully present unless any citizen or national is eligible for such benefit." The Student Adjustment Act would allow certain minor immigrant children to gain legal status and permit states to offer in-state tuition and financial aid to undocumented immigrants. To be eligible, students must under the age of 21, have lived in the United States for five years continuously, and be at least in the seventh grade or actively pursuing admission to a college or university.
2006-07-18
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