State Regents Change Policy On Illegal Immigrants
There's
a new restriction in place on financial aid for Oklahoma college
students who are not American citizens. They're most often the children
of illegal immigrants, who qualify for entry into college by graduating
from an Oklahoma high school. The News On 6’s Emory Bryan reports the
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education on Thursday voted to cut off
financial aid for a very small group of students: only the ones who are
not citizens and are not trying to become citizens.
It's a reaction to the new state law on immigrants (House Bill 1804) that takes effect next week.
There were 244 students who fell into the “undocumented students”
category last year, who altogether were given $112,000 in state
financial aid. That's one-tenth of 1% of the financial aid budget.
There was an attempt back in April to make these students pay
tuition as if they were from out of state, but a Senate committee in
the legislature decided that students who had lived in Oklahoma for at
least two years, who graduate, should qualify for the same benefits as
other Oklahomans.
Thursday's vote by the regents means as long as they are working on
the process, immigrant students can still get financial aid and qualify
for in-state tuition rates.
http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=138588
Edited to add: I've noticed that all of the States contracted mowing crews along the highways are now white and black. All the signs are there that the State of Oklahoma is going to be getting serious with Bill 1804 come Nov 1st.
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