Patrick urges lawmakers to pass immigrant tuition bill

Gov. Deval Patrick showed up unexpectedly at a hearing today to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would make certain undocumented immigrants eligible to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities, cautioning legislators against be caught up in the “hyperbole of immigration.”

“It’s time for us to fix the law. This really is a matter of fairness,” Patrick told the Committee on Higher Education, after apologizing for showing up unannounced.

“I just ask you to keep in mind the faces, the lives, and real experiences of the young people whose future is at stake,” Patrick said.

The bills, sponsored by Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain) and Reps. Alice Wolf (D-Cambridge) and Denise Provost (D-Somerville), would extend in-state tuition rates to anyone who has attended high school in Massachusetts for at least three years and has earned a diploma or equivalent in the Commonwealth.

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