Md. taxpayers should not pay college tuition for undocumented

The Maryland State Senate has passed a bill (SB 317) that gives people of low-income brackets $ 30 million to a free community college. The fact that this law is outraged is that it also applies to those who illegally appeared on the territory of the United States. According to the ruling of the Supreme Court, our taxpayers were placed in a difficult position for K-12 education for foreign minors who are illegally existing, but they will be deported when they reach the legal age.

There is nothing to approve "free" university education in the immigration law. In addition, the law stipulates that when benefits are granted it must also apply to legitimate residents and citizens outside the state. Because Maryland is the de facto shelter (Oriental, California) and attracts illegal aliens, our Marylandi people are affected more by this educational burden than many states I will.

Frankly, I do not want my taxes to be used for the benefit of those who are not legal in this country.

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To help undocumented students attend university, at least 18 states passed a law that provides students not documented with the opportunity to earn tuition fees in the state. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhodes Island, Texas, Utah State and Washington State, undocumented students can go to state elementary and junior high school and graduate and pay the same university tuition fee as residents of other states. Under law, normally undocumented students go to schools in the state for a period of time and oblige state high school to graduate.

Federal law does not prohibit states from providing provincial tuition fees to undocumented students. Currently, at least 17 states have passed a law permitting undocumented state high school graduates to pay state tuition fees to universities and universities. These states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon. Texas House of Texas Act 1403, by the state law of 2001, allows students including undocumented persons to be accredited as Texas resident and become a public university and a university within the state. Pay state tuition. Residents in the state of Texas are also eligible for state financial aid. Tuition fees in the province are much lower than non-resident tuition and thousands of Texas immigrants can receive education. In 2011, over 16,000 students advanced to university under HB 1403