bobbyw24
06-09-2011, 04:36 AM
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington—
U.S. Supreme Court's justices dismissed an appeal of California law.
It allows California to continue granting reduced, in-state tuition to college students who are illegal immigrants is likely to bolster similar proposals across the nation, as well as a California measure to provide financial aid for the undocumented.
The high court's action Monday upholds a California Supreme Court ruling last year that said the state's policy is legal because it grants in-state tuition on the basis of students' graduation from California high schools, not on their citizenship. A conservative immigration-law group appealed the decision, arguing that the discount — worth as much as $23,000 annually at University of California schools — was preferential treatment that violated federal law.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0607-court-tuition-20110607,0,4277083.story
U.S. Supreme Court's justices dismissed an appeal of California law.
It allows California to continue granting reduced, in-state tuition to college students who are illegal immigrants is likely to bolster similar proposals across the nation, as well as a California measure to provide financial aid for the undocumented.
The high court's action Monday upholds a California Supreme Court ruling last year that said the state's policy is legal because it grants in-state tuition on the basis of students' graduation from California high schools, not on their citizenship. A conservative immigration-law group appealed the decision, arguing that the discount — worth as much as $23,000 annually at University of California schools — was preferential treatment that violated federal law.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0607-court-tuition-20110607,0,4277083.story