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05-26-2011, 03:06 PM
In-state tuition rates OK'd for undocumented
BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
HARTFORD — Carolina and Camilia Bortolleto live less than 10 minutes from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, where they attended city schools.
Yet, the twin sisters had to pay much higher out-of-state tuition rates because their parents brought them into the country illegally from Brazil 13 years ago.
"We didn't choose to come here. We are being punished for a decision we really didn't make, even though we have grown up in Connecticut all of our lives," said Carolina Bortolleto.
The Senate spent most of Tuesday debating legislation that would permit students without legal immigration status to pay in-state tuition rates to attend public colleges and universities here.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2011/05/25/news/local/560200.txt
BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
HARTFORD — Carolina and Camilia Bortolleto live less than 10 minutes from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, where they attended city schools.
Yet, the twin sisters had to pay much higher out-of-state tuition rates because their parents brought them into the country illegally from Brazil 13 years ago.
"We didn't choose to come here. We are being punished for a decision we really didn't make, even though we have grown up in Connecticut all of our lives," said Carolina Bortolleto.
The Senate spent most of Tuesday debating legislation that would permit students without legal immigration status to pay in-state tuition rates to attend public colleges and universities here.
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2011/05/25/news/local/560200.txt