Georgia Seeks to Grant In-State Tuition For Illegal Aliens, Florida To Repeal It
David Jaroslav
FAIR Take | November 2021
Two neighboring states are seeing movement in their state legislatures in opposite directions on the issue of in-state college tuition for illegal aliens. In Georgia, a bill is moving that would require in-state tuition. However, Florida which has granted in-state tuition to illegal aliens since 2014, is seeking to repeal it.
Georgia
Currently Georgia does not grant in-state tuition rates at its public colleges and universities to illegal aliens. While in-state tuition bills have been introduced in previous state legislative sessions, they have not advanced because they have all been sponsored by members of the Democratic minority. This year, an in-state tuition bill introduced by Representative Kasey Carpenter (R-Dalton) moved and could advance even further next year.
Carpenter’s in-state tuition bill, House Bill (HB) 120, which was introduced in January 2021, only applied to recipients of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program. DACA recipients have their potential deportation “deferred” but are still illegal aliens. According to some indications, approximately 30,000 DACA recipients in Georgia currently aged between 18 and 29 would qualify.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local-legislation/illegal-immigration/georgia-seeks-grant-state-tuition
