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Surprisingly, money is not the big issue. In Texas, which in 2001 became the first state to grant such tuition benefits, fewer than 8,000 undocumented immigrants--out of a public college population of more than 1 million--got reduced rates last year. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that favors tighter immigration rules, says it is more a matter of principle: "Extending in-state tuition is a way of legitimizing their presence. It is back-door amnesty...
Congress could clear this legal thicket by approving the proposed Dream Act, which would repeal the federal residency-rule ban and grant temporary legal status to undocumented graduates of U.S. high schools. But despite bipartisan support, the bill has failed to get to the floor in the past two sessions of Congress. "The Federal Government hasn't shown much interest in sending [illegal immigrants] home," says Sue Storm, sponsor of the Kansas bill. "It's in all our best interests for them to be educated." Opponents don't buy that brand of pragmatism. "It's so politically correct...
...Monday’s hearing, Quinlan also denied a request from the prosecution to reconsider her decision to grant Pring-Wilson another trial...
Thus far, the Iraqi Reconstruction of Higher Education Commission has approved spending of $25 million to rebuild damaged buildings, the World Bank has offered a $15 million equipment grant, and the wife of the emir of Qatar has also donated $15 million to an international fund for Iraqi higher education...
Now… to get back to writing this rejection letter for a grant Ethiopia applied...