Reduced Tuition for Undocumented Students Debated
Some state lawmakers cite concerns about financial repercussions.
As immigrants have moved into new territory in growing numbers, state lawmakers are becoming increasingly embroiled in debates over what public services to provide the newcomers among them living in the United States illegally.
In several states this year, legislators are pushing laws that would give undocumented students in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities. Those states would join nine others already allowing the practice. At the same time, lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have introduced bills to reverse laws that offer the in-state rates.
Meanwhile, members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee were expected to return to the drawing board this week to craft a measure to change federal immigration policy. They planned to take up the politically charged issue of how to address the presence of nearly...
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