Illegal aliens don’t come to the USA for freedom. They come for free college, free healthcare, free food, and free everything else — all paid for by the American taxpayer. Meanwhile, many of them send a large portion of the money they get here back to their home countries.
Americans who can’t afford college themselves are being forced to pay for illegal aliens to go to college. Thank a Democrat for that.
Just The News:
State financial aid continues to expand within higher education, allowing money to go to eligible illegal immigrant students.
The increased spending is heating up debate over who should receive state taxpayers-funded higher education benefits.
Currently, around 21 states and the District of Columbia offer in-state tuition eligibility to certain illegal immigrant students, and 18 states and D.C. provide access to state financial aid programs, according to Higher Ed immigration.
For example, at a University of California school, the base in-state tuition is roughly $15,000 annually. For nonresidents, the base tuition is over $31,000, which means eligible illegal immigrants are essentially receiving $16,000 a year in aid.
The policies are part of a broader effort that has expanded over the past two decades to increase college access for immigrant students, including recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA provides temporary protection from deportation and renewable work permits to certain immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.
More than 900,000 of these individuals are estimated to be eligible for DACA. In addition, over 500,000 illegal immigrant students are enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities.
Critics argue that the programs impose costs on taxpayers and divert limited higher education resources away from U.S. citizens.
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