Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
07-19-2013, 09:56 AM
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Javier Contreras is hugged by Laura Sanders of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigration Rights after the Michigan Board of Regents meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, July 18, 2013. The university voted to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants if they've been living in Michigan. Contreras has been in the U.S. since he was four-years-old. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The University of Michigan on Thursday decided to let immigrants living in the country illegally pay lower, in-state tuition, a victory for activists who said one of the nation's most prestigious schools is financially out of a reach for high school graduates living in the state without legal permission.
The move applies to the flagship Ann Arbor campus and satellites in Flint and Dearborn and joins Michigan with other top public colleges like the University of Texas and the University of California, where students qualify for in-state tuition if they went to state high schools regardless of citizenship status. The Board of Regents voted 6-2 along party lines to make the change after university students waged a year-plus campaign for "tuition equality" that featured silent protests and other public demonstrations.
Democrats supported the plan, while Republicans voted against it. The proposal also allows members of the military to receive in-state tuition, regardless of where they live.
"These students want nothing more than what my family wanted and what every other student wants, which is to launch their lives from this university. These are students who have in most instances spent virtually all of their lives in Michigan," said regent Mark Bernstein.
With a national immigration overhaul elusive, a small but growing number of states — 16 — have allowed in-state tuition rates for the immigrants since 2001, including 14 that passed laws explicitly authorizing the moves, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Two OK'd it through governing board decisions. Three states bar the students from qualifying for in-state tuition, and two others prohibit them from enrolling altogether in public universities
That's right you dem/liberal dumbasses , go ahead, reward them for their criminal activities! You Un-American ffing swine! --Tyr edit-- Wow, look we get rewarded for breaking laws in this dumbass country! What other laws can we break and get goodies for? O' that's right using fake ids to get government benefits that are only for U.S. citizens... Thanks to our socialist dem overlords. We habla, we comprehende we vote dem socialist too. -Tyr
Javier Contreras is hugged by Laura Sanders of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigration Rights after the Michigan Board of Regents meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, July 18, 2013. The university voted to offer in-state tuition to illegal immigrants if they've been living in Michigan. Contreras has been in the U.S. since he was four-years-old. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png (http://www.ap.org/) <cite class="byline vcard top-line">David Eggert, Associated Press <abbr>1 hour ago</abbr> </cite> Education (http://news.yahoo.com/education/)University of Michigan (http://www.yahoo.com/topic/university-of-michigan/)
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- The University of Michigan on Thursday decided to let immigrants living in the country illegally pay lower, in-state tuition, a victory for activists who said one of the nation's most prestigious schools is financially out of a reach for high school graduates living in the state without legal permission.
The move applies to the flagship Ann Arbor campus and satellites in Flint and Dearborn and joins Michigan with other top public colleges like the University of Texas and the University of California, where students qualify for in-state tuition if they went to state high schools regardless of citizenship status. The Board of Regents voted 6-2 along party lines to make the change after university students waged a year-plus campaign for "tuition equality" that featured silent protests and other public demonstrations.
Democrats supported the plan, while Republicans voted against it. The proposal also allows members of the military to receive in-state tuition, regardless of where they live.
"These students want nothing more than what my family wanted and what every other student wants, which is to launch their lives from this university. These are students who have in most instances spent virtually all of their lives in Michigan," said regent Mark Bernstein.
With a national immigration overhaul elusive, a small but growing number of states — 16 — have allowed in-state tuition rates for the immigrants since 2001, including 14 that passed laws explicitly authorizing the moves, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Two OK'd it through governing board decisions. Three states bar the students from qualifying for in-state tuition, and two others prohibit them from enrolling altogether in public universities
That's right you dem/liberal dumbasses , go ahead, reward them for their criminal activities! You Un-American ffing swine! --Tyr edit-- Wow, look we get rewarded for breaking laws in this dumbass country! What other laws can we break and get goodies for? O' that's right using fake ids to get government benefits that are only for U.S. citizens... Thanks to our socialist dem overlords. We habla, we comprehende we vote dem socialist too. -Tyr