Could you imagine living in a state where the University you go to allows non-citizen immigrants to pay In-state tuition fees? In the passage An Education in Citizenship excerpted from the Chicago Tribune, Illinois passed a bill recently allowing people who live in the U.S. illegally to pay in state tuition rate. The state of Illinois isn't too happy with the passing of this bill because for a freshmen going into the University of Illinois the difference is $5,302, The current in state rate versus the out of state rate which would be $13,906.The state of Illinois feels like citizenship is being thrown out the window because of this passing. It makes no sense that you're not allowed to be in this country but you are allowed an education for a price.
I dissagree with a the reaction of Illinois to the passing of this bill. Some citizen students in the U.S. don't even know how "lucky" they are to be able to live in a country where you have alot of educational oppurtunity. They take it all forgranted. I have a friend who just last month graduated from LAGCC. Until she graduated high school and started applying for colleges did she find out she was an immigrant. Any other person(citizen) running into a big problem with college applications or something similar would have probably given up, She didnt. With the determenation of beating the odds that immigrants can't study and it costs alot she got help from a professor which landed her a scholarship to John Jay. Not only did she not let nothing stop her she still has hope for being able to hopefully study one day at Columbia University.
Most citizens don't have that drive like Sarahi(my friend.) They just don't really go for oppurtunities like that. Right now their are students getting arrested for protesting for the passing of Dream Act. I believe that no one should be denied the right to an education if you already did kindergarten-high school why not be able to finish off citizen or not?
The bill they passed in Illinois I think should also be passed in NY as well.
I dissagree with a the reaction of Illinois to the passing of this bill. Some citizen students in the U.S. don't even know how "lucky" they are to be able to live in a country where you have alot of educational oppurtunity. They take it all forgranted. I have a friend who just last month graduated from LAGCC. Until she graduated high school and started applying for colleges did she find out she was an immigrant. Any other person(citizen) running into a big problem with college applications or something similar would have probably given up, She didnt. With the determenation of beating the odds that immigrants can't study and it costs alot she got help from a professor which landed her a scholarship to John Jay. Not only did she not let nothing stop her she still has hope for being able to hopefully study one day at Columbia University.
Most citizens don't have that drive like Sarahi(my friend.) They just don't really go for oppurtunities like that. Right now their are students getting arrested for protesting for the passing of Dream Act. I believe that no one should be denied the right to an education if you already did kindergarten-high school why not be able to finish off citizen or not?
The bill they passed in Illinois I think should also be passed in NY as well.
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