[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t support the dream act, because it does a lot more than I would do. But I’m talking about a state deciding what to do with their own citizen’s tax dollars and their own colleges and universities, not a federal amnesty program.

[kabar]

I bet if in-state tuition for illegal aliens was put on the ballot in Texas, it would fail. And exactly what are we educating them for? According to the law of the land, it is illegal for them to work in this country and it is illegal for employers to hire them.

There is a question of equal protection that goes beyond Texas, which is why this is being challenged in the courts. To grant illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates directly discriminates against non-resident U.S. citizens from surrounding states. That is a direct violation of the equal protection clause.

Here is the court case in Texas that challenges in-state tuition for illegal aliens: Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas v. State of Texas (University of Houston)