No Right to College for Illegal Immigrants
By Hans A. von Spakovsky
& Caleb Morrison
The Eleventh Circuit confirms: Universities don’t have to accept unauthorized immigrants, including DACA beneficiaries, as students.
At a time when Americans believe immigration to be the most important issue facing the nation, the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that Georgia’s state colleges and universities can’t be forced to admit illegal immigrants as students. And that includes aliens who qualified under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program implemented by former president Barack Obama in 2012.
In an opinion handed down earlier this month, a three-judge panel upheld the right of the Georgia Board of Regents, which runs the state-university system, to verify the “lawful presence†of applicants before granting them admission as students to the “more selective schools in the University System.†Selective schools are defined as any Georgia college or university that “did not admit all academically qualified applicants†in the “two most recent academic years.†That applies to at least three state colleges, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the best-known engineering schools in the country.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/court-rules-illegal-immigrants-no-right-college-university-admission/
