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  • Missouri bill would ban aid for immigrant students

    12/14/2014 8:30:47 AM PST · by Controlling Legal Authority · 13 replies
    Columbia Daily Tribune ^ | 12/14/14 | SUMMER BALLENTINE
    State Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick filed legislation this week that would prevent anyone without legal status from getting state aid for higher education. His goal is to block a proposed rule by the state Department of Higher Education that would allow some immigrant students to qualify for the state's A+ scholarship program, which covers two years of studies at a community college. At issue are students who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, created by Obama in 2012 to stop the deportation of children who have lived in the U.S. for years but whose parents brought them to...