{"id":2282,"date":"2011-04-16T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T14:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2016-11-17T00:25:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:25:33","slug":"maryland-legislature-votes-to-guarantee-in-state-tuition-to-undocumented-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/maryland-legislature-votes-to-guarantee-in-state-tuition-to-undocumented-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Legislature Votes To Guarantee In-State Tuition To Undocumented Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

While each new day brings news of Arizona<\/a> pursuing a new right-wing anti-immigrant policy<\/a>, or other states<\/a> following Arizona’s lead, Maryland is making news by moving the other way. \u00a0The Maryland legislature\u00a0voted this week to guarantee in-state tuition to illegal immigrants<\/a>, and Democratic Governor Martin O\u2019Malley is expected to sign the bill. \u00a0Supporters won support for the bill by including a provision that will steer undocumented students toward community colleges, instead of the state’s flagship school, the University of Maryland. \u00a0Students will have to enroll at a community college for two years, thus excluding them from the competitive freshman enrollment process.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post reports that, “In this legislative session alone, at least eight states took up bills to extend in-state tuition to illegal immigrants and as many considered bills to deny it, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Maryland is the only state this year to pass a bill extending benefits.” \u00a0Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia have already moved to deny in-state tuition to undocumented students, and South Carolina bans them from even enrolling in the state’s colleges.<\/p>\n

Undocumented students are not eligible for aid or scholarships, so tuition breaks offer these students possibly their only hope of attending college. \u00a0“Proponents of tuition breaks say such laws are both ethical and practical. \u00a0Illegal immigrant families pay taxes that fund resident subsidies, they say, and denying them college access arguably hurts the local economy.” \u00a0The federal DREAM Act<\/a> has no chance of passing the Republican controlled House, so it’s good to see that some individual states recognize the value in making college available for all residents, regardless of immigration status.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: WAMU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maryland legislature voted this week to guarantee in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, and Democratic Governor Martin O\u2019Malley is expected to sign the bill. Undocumented students are not eligible for aid or scholarships, so tuition breaks offer these students possibly their only hope of attending 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