A student bill that took a stance against allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition failed to capture enough votes to override a veto Wednesday night at Texas A&M University.
The Student Senate at the university had passed a bill earlier in the month that opposed in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants "regardless of revenue generated from taxes by illegal immigrants." If approved, the bill would not have any binding impact on tuition at the university but rather would take a position on behalf of the student body. That bill was vetoed by student body president Jacob Robinson.
On Wednesday, the student senate failed to capture the two-thirds majority vote to override the veto, according the university's student activities center.
Gov. Rick Perry signed legislation into law that allows undocumented immigrant students, who meet certain criteria, to attend Texas colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates. Such criteria include living in the state for a certain amount of time before graduating from a local high school.
If they are paying property taxes/sales taxes/other taxes directly or indirectly why should we care if they are in the US legally or illegally? Let the feds deal with this as they do with marijuana in California... freedom to the states.
Posted by: RocketScientist | November 18, 2010 at 12:49 PM