UNC to study illegal immigrant tuition

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on December 6, 2007 - 3:37pm.
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Erskine BowlesThe University of North Carolina system will study in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

At a meeting of the UNC Tomorrow Commission today, system president Erskine Bowles said that it will study the issue extensively before making a decision, Kristin Collins reports.

A recent decision to require community colleges to admit illegal immigrants has proved contentious.

Neither Bowles nor the commission advocated for or against offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. Under guidelines adopted in 2004, illegal immigrants can attend if they pay out-of state rates, which range from $10,000 to $20,000, compared to $1,500 to $3,700 for in-state students.

"We can't stick our heads in the sand," Bowles said. "These people are here, and we have to deal with it. The last thing in the world we want to do is create another permanent underclass."

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Re: Fortunately . . .

Submitted by tweathe850 on December 6, 2007 - 9:23pm.

No, I want to cut waste and bring Justice back to our State.

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Re: Fortunately . . .

Submitted by dahedgehog on December 6, 2007 - 6:50pm.

Certainly the costs would be way above the high-end estimates if we force university admissions officers to personally round up North Carolina's illegal immigrants and drive them to Mexico. I don't think either think tank was envisioning the plan put forward by NC's conservatives of making college officials enforce immigration law.

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Fortunately . . .

Submitted by Anglico on December 6, 2007 - 5:47pm.

Most people with good sense don't much care what you say.

And just to be clear, cost estimates for deporting the 12 to 15 million people in this country illegally range from $2 billion (conservative think tank) to $52 billion (liberal think tank).

Let me guess. You want to cut taxes too.

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Re: UNC to study illegal immigrants

Submitted by tweathe850 on December 6, 2007 - 3:42pm.

He says they are here and we have to deal with them. I say they are here and we have to deport them. We do not have to deal with any criminals, they should not be here in the first place.

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