Should illegal immigrants be granted in-state tuition for state colleges?
To me, the key here is the word illegal.
How about instead of worrying about giving illegal immigrants any rights, we work to make illegal immigrants legal?
They brought up the sad case of a girl who was brought to the US at the age of 6. She didn't have a choice to come to the US or not, she was brought here. She has since gone through US schools for the past 12 years and has never been to her country of birth again. She is, culturally, US American. But when she gets to be 18 she's still not going to be able to vote, and because she came here illegally she won't be able to receive in-state tuition. Her dreams are on hold.
I don't really know the path someone like this girl would take to citizenship. Would she have to go back to her native country and apply for a visa? Instead of worrying about her tuition rate, how about we set up a program for kids around the age of 13, a five year residency program, so that they can be legal residents as kids and apply for citizenship by 18? Problem solved, the kid's no longer here illegally.
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