SALEM, Ore.—A bill allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Oregon universities has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
Tuition equity update
SALEM, Ore.—A bill allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Oregon universities has cleared its first legislative hurdle.
A House committee approved the measure on Monday, sending it to a vote in the full House.
Oregon requires university students to pay higher out-of-state tuition if they can’t prove they are legally in the United States. The bill’s supporters say young illegal immigrants shouldn’t be denied access to affordable higher education because of their parents’ decision to migrate without authorization.
Critics say the state shouldn’t subsidize college tuition for people who can’t legally work in the United States.
The measure has support from lawmakers of both parties and could come up for a House vote as soon as Friday.
“Critics say the state shouldn’t subsidize college tuition for people who can’t legally work in the United States.”
Then it seems to me we should grant amnesty to these same people so they can find gainful employment! It is time to stop punishing the children of people who came here illegally. By all measures they are American.
In the future please use the term undocumented, the term illegal is very dehumanizing.