The student senate at Texas A&M will vote Wednesday on the “In-State Tuition Bill,” which would express student opposition to the current Texas state law that grants undocumented students in-state tuition at public state schools.
The bill’s purpose, as stated in the text, is “to clarify what demographics receive in-state tuition and oppose measures to give in-state tuition to persons residing in the United States illegally.”
Texas has allowed undocumented students access to in-state tuition since 2001, when HB 1403 was passed, making Texas the first state to put such a program in place. This year, 12,381 undocumented students in the state benefited from the in-state tuition law, roughly 1 percent of the total student population.
The bill also states that making this change would be in accordance with U.S. Code Section 1623, which states that benefits afforded to undocumented immigrants must also be afforded to American citizens. Currently, there are eight U.S. states that give undocumented immigrants access to in-state tuition.
In May, the bill was proposed and subsequently tabled, but will be held to a vote Wednesday evening.
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