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December 09, 2011
Today on Immigration Reform: NY Says Tuition Benefits to Illegal Aliens Cost $625,000 "Any calculation over how much New York State would spend annually if it were to provide college tuition assistance to illegal immigrants amounts to an educated guess. In the bill it sent to the Legislature on Thursday, the state's Education Department offered its best estimate: $627,428," the New York Times writes. "In a memorandum of support for the bill, Richard J. Trautwein, deputy commissioner for legal affairs for the state's Education Department, argues that the cost will be offset, at least in part, by increased income tax revenues 'generated by affording this population the opportunity to complete college and obtain higher-paying jobs,' as well as the decline in the amount of money the state would spend in public assistance for these students." [FAIR comment: The Education Department appears to be assuming that these students will be authorized to work in the U.S., and that they would remain in New York to pay taxes there after graduation. See Jack Martin's take on this figure over at Immigrationreform.com] |
