Comments about ‘Bill seeks in-state tuition for illegal immigrants’

This article is the height of deception. It ends with the concept that illegals would provide additional income, that simply is not true!

Here in UT, as in most states, the cost of the year of school is NOT the instate rate, it is the non-resident rate. When a citizen of the state gets the instate rate, it is because the state is willing to help support the schooling of the state resident citizen. Out of state citizens have to pay the whole bill for their schooling.

Further, federal law forbids instate tuition for illegals, unless the very same benefit is given to non-resident U.S. citizens. In UT, this means that we inappropriately charge non-resident fees of $40 million - per year. This has been going on in UT for 10 years now, with no sign of ending anytime soon.

AND, sooner than later, we are very likely going to have to refund all this inappropriately collected non-resident fees. Think our education budget is in trouble now? Just wait!

I love watching politicians swimming against the tide of public opinion. It sort of reminds me of the GRAMA debate in Utah.
With States broke, unemployment at 9% and the Feds printing funny money to cover our debts...it is hard to throw free benefits at people who aren't supposed to be here in the first place.