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June 20, 2005
 
 

Tuition Laws Spark Fierce Debate


The New York Times reports on efforts to let illegal aliens get in-state tuition in New Jersey. "[The] In-State Tuition Act, first introduced in the New Jersey Legislature in 2003, which would allow illegal immigrants like Mr. Navarro to attend public colleges at in-state tuition rates," the paper writes. "Opponents believe that the bill, if approved, would strain classrooms and budgets at public universities and provoke tension between legal immigrants who might not qualify for lower tuition and illegal immigrants who would." Sharon Ainsworth, director of state relations at Rutgers, told legislators that, "There is a whole category of students whose parents are here working on visas. We would be providing a benefit to an undocumented student and not to a documented one."

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