Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals(DACA), is an American immigration policy that defers deportation proceeding for two years for qualified individuals who were brought to the United States illegally when they were children(Robertson, 2018). This program does give those individuals a work authorization and the approvals can also be renewed. It was started by president Barack Obama, and the main focus was to provide a path to citizenship, provide higher education after high school, and have equal benefits as citizens, and was applicable to children who are not a threat to the national security and public safety. After the program was launched on June 15, 2012, the students who completed high school faced an issue. The applicants who were
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Sixteen states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington.” The rest of the 32 states don’t allow in-state tuition and why is that? The 32 states believe that allowing the undocumented students pay in-state tuition will take the opportunities from the U.S. citizens, especially during this tight economic period. Granting the students with in-state tuition will be like awarding them for breaking a law and punishing the legal students by taking way the enrollment slots. University of Georgia in the article states “Granting in-state tuition rates to undocumented students is too costly, and tax dollars should not be used to support undocumented students. Organizations such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) contend that undocumented students should not have access to publicly funded benefits, including postsecondary education.”(“Undocumented Student Tuition: Overview,” n.d.) This different policies by different states does discourage some students from going to colleges and some to drop out of college after the first …show more content…
In a 2017-2019 academic year, the average cost of attending a four-year public college is $9,970 for state residents, and $25,620 for out-of-state residents attending public universities.(“What’s the Price Tag for a College Education?,” n.d.) If the legislation would allow the undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, this would make higher education more accessible and affordable. This in a way will reduce the cost of prison and state welfare because if students don’t attend or drop out of college will cause increase in crime
Sixteen states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington.” The rest of the 32 states don’t allow in-state tuition and why is that? The 32 states believe that allowing the undocumented students pay in-state tuition will take the opportunities from the U.S. citizens, especially during this tight economic period. Granting the students with in-state tuition will be like awarding them for breaking a law and punishing the legal students by taking way the enrollment slots. University of Georgia in the article states “Granting in-state tuition rates to undocumented students is too costly, and tax dollars should not be used to support undocumented students. Organizations such as the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) contend that undocumented students should not have access to publicly funded benefits, including postsecondary education.”(“Undocumented Student Tuition: Overview,” n.d.) This different policies by different states does discourage some students from going to colleges and some to drop out of college after the first …show more content…
In a 2017-2019 academic year, the average cost of attending a four-year public college is $9,970 for state residents, and $25,620 for out-of-state residents attending public universities.(“What’s the Price Tag for a College Education?,” n.d.) If the legislation would allow the undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, this would make higher education more accessible and affordable. This in a way will reduce the cost of prison and state welfare because if students don’t attend or drop out of college will cause increase in crime