Tennessee scraps proposal to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition – IOTW Report

Tennessee scraps proposal to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition

 

 

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RAP: On Tuesday, representatives in the Tennessee State Legislature denied a proposed law that would have granted thousands of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates to the University of Tennessee school system.

By a vote of 6-7, the legislature failed to approve a proposal that would have granted in-state tuition rates to non-resident illegal alien students who were currently living in Tennessee and met three requirements.

First, the students must have attended a Tennessee high school or GED equivalent for at least two years. Second, the students would need to graduate with a high school Diploma or GED equivalent. Third, the students would need to enroll at at state institution in the UT system to receive the discounted rate.

Supporters of the bill argued that by failing to approve this bill, the Tennessee legislators were denying students the right to pursue higher education.

“I’m a Knoxvillian and a Tennessean,”said Karla Meza Cruz, an illegal alien from Knoxville who testified in favor of the bill. “Since I was five years old, I’ve driven by UT hoping I’d one day be able to enroll. I can’t understand why the legislature won’t let me pay my pay to go to college and follow my dreams.”

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9 Comments on Tennessee scraps proposal to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition

  1. She said “Since I was five years old, I’ve driven by UT hoping I’d one day be able to enroll.”
    Add Driving w/o a license and general stupidity to her other offenses!

  2. Next they need to fully defund the ‘gender and ethnic studies’ departments at all of their State universities, and fire all the departments’ professors and staff.

  3. ” “I’m a Knoxvillian and a Tennessean,”said Karla Meza Cruz, an illegal alien from Knoxville who testified in favor of the bill. “Since I was five years old, I’ve driven by UT hoping I’d one day be able to enroll. I can’t understand why the legislature won’t let me pay my pay to go to college and follow my dreams.” ”

    I starting to get fed up with this entitled mentality. Would little Chiquita allow us Gringos to come on down to MExicco and grab some freebies?

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