Court rules in favor of DACA students for in-state tuition, USG to appeal
January 3, 2017 Christina Maxouris
In a decision released early Tuesday, Jan. 3, the court ruled in favor of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students and granted them in-state tuition, forcing Georgia’s Board of Regents (BOR) to follow the federal government’s definition of lawful presence for the students. But the court battle isn’t over yet, as the University System of Georgia (USG) announced that it plans to appeal the decision.
According to the ruling the “Defendants are hereby compelled to perform their duty in applying the federal definition of lawful presence at it relates to students who are DACA recipients and to grant them in-state tuition status”.
DACA is a 2012 Obama administration policy which grants minors under 16 years old who entered the country as undocumented immigrants a two-year renewable work permit and deferred action from deportation. According to the federal government, DACA provided lawful presence throughout the country.
But according to the University System of Georgia policy 4.3.4, “each university system institution shall verify the lawful presence in the United States of every successfully admitted person applying for resident tuition status”. But for the board, DACA students did not make the cut.
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