Your Tax Dollars - Illegals in College
Segment #540
Half a million undocumented students attend US Universities - 2/3 of them, 300,000, receive taxpayer subsidized tuition - 23 states and DC offer FULL IN STATE TUITION to illegals - 8 additional states offer university assistance to illegals
Executive Orders and Legislative Challenges:
Trump Administration: The Trump administration issued executive orders aiming to crack down on "sanctuary cities" and states that have policies "favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens," explicitly calling out in-state tuition programs for undocumented students. These orders suggested such policies might violate federal law and directed federal agencies to identify and take action against them.
State-Level Repeal Efforts: In some states, like Texas, there have been renewed legislative pushes to repeal existing in-state tuition laws for undocumented students. Some bills have advanced in state senates, seeking to eliminate eligibility or even require students to pay the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition retroactively.