Potentially hundreds of undocumented students not originally considered in government tax estimates are planning to attend college this fall, according to student enrollment predictions by CASA de Maryland, an immigrant rights advocacy group with offices in Silver Spring.
Legislation permitting undocumented high school graduates to receive in-state tuition rates—also known as the Maryland Dream Act—was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) earlier this month.
The law will become effective July 1, but efforts to repeal it by referendum are already underway.
“Based on our organizing in high schools in several counties, we believe that both Montgomery and Prince George’s County will produce several hundred high school grads taking advantage [of the tuition discount] and anywhere from 50 to 100 in other regions of the state,” CASA de Maryland spokeswoman Susanna Flores wrote in a recent email to Patch.
3 comments:
Since Georgia band illegals from colleges, that means they will move to Maryland... Too freakin funny...
Maryland will have bay bridge toll at about $20.00 by 2015
Legal residence will pay three times the tuition, so illegals and transgendered can go to college for free.....
I'm sorry, but this infuriates me. I will struggle to put my child through college as a hard-working citizen of the State of Maryland who has been paying taxes for the past 34 years.
9:43 my fiancee is in grad school with a girl from oklahoma. After 6 months, neither her or her parents ever living or working or paying taxes in maryland, she was eligible for in-state tuition. I think a situation like that is equally as wrong.
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