It gives them instate tuition discounts. or allows the States to do so. and then gives them a conditional legal status in the United States provided they enter into college or enter into the uniform services. not always our military. but some type of uniform services. This sounds good over the top of things. but it works out to be this: it defies a current Federal law. In fact. it has to amend a current Federal law. a law thats been defied by at least 10 States. and its a law that was in the 1996 Immigration Reform Act. sponsored by nowranking member of the Judiciary Committee. LAMAR SMITH Of Texas. This legislation in 1996. current Federal law. Mr. Speaker. prohibits a State and institutions of higher learning from granting residency instate tuition discounts. breaks on the costs of the education. to students who are unlawfully present in the United States. thats a nice word for illegal aliens. Mr. Speaker. unless those universities and those States that set that policy grant that same tuition discount to all students who are lawfully present in the United States wheresoever they might reside.
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