Can you be more out of state than illegal??? Should those kinds of benefits not first apply to our own citizens?
2007-02-22 10:26:31 · 7 answers · asked by Chester's Liver 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
Why should illegals receive benefits to help them pay for college, while other legal citizens have to try to hold down jobs and go to school at the same time, and more often than not, drop out because it is just to difficult to do both.
2007-02-22 10:29:59 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara C 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It does apply to our own citizens, the difference comes to state residence. I am assuming you are talking about actual non visa holding students, if so; those students probably have an address that can be seen as an in state address, and furthermore probably graduated from an in state high school, which in the eyes of the school would make them in state residents (even though they are not here on a visa in the first place). The problem comes down to what information the schools collect when it comes to their applications, the most common reason that non visa holding students get in state tuition is because most schools that they apply to don't require a social security number, it is an option but not a requirement. To top it off since the student is "illegal" they don't apply to the FAFSA so they pay everything out of pocket or use scholarships that don't require a S.S.#, The school wont care so long as everything can be passed through the system and they get the money for tuition, room and board, etc. Not a lot of students actually take advantage of the system in this way, the areas (i.e. state wide) where it is most common probably already have an above average immigration rate, so it is not a surprise that there would be more in higher education institutions. Again:
This does apply to our citizens, you just have to be a resident of the state to which you are applying to, it would not make sense to get in state tuition in more than one state, since that would mean that you have to be a resident of two states at the same time, that would interfere with state taxes, and residency requirements for states. Now, if you are talking about having some form of federal tuition rate in which your state of residence would not matter, then I am all for it, although it probably wont work, it would cost the Federal Government more money, which means either cutting funding from somewhere else or raising taxes, take your pick.
2007-02-22 19:37:25 · answer #2 · answered by lopez096 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Know Texas for sure illegal immigrants get in-state, I think Arizona too
I just dont quite get how they get accepted in the first place
But its not fair that they are paying more than a LEGAL US citizen who happens to be out of state. A bit ridiculous
2007-02-22 19:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by trin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What - because the President of the United States won't enforce immigration laws. No worries though Bank of America is going to give illegals credit cards too.
Good Luck!!!
2007-02-22 21:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a person is an illegal immagrant, then they wont be able to go to school. The person is prob legal, but just here on visa. Well as soon as they come here if this is that state that the person choose, atfer the appropriate time, they too become residents and get the LEGAL status. And they dont pay taxes either
2007-02-22 18:34:24 · answer #5 · answered by znaid04 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree with you, illegals should not get in-state tuition rates.
2007-02-22 18:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Where DO they get in state tuition? I would like to do some research.
2007-02-22 18:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by professorc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋