The American Civil Liberties Union is opposing the HB 1008

The American Civil Liberties Union is opposing the HB 1008 that requires citizenship or legal residency for a person to be eligible for in-state tuition.

The Anti-dream Act -Contradicts the American Values of Fundamental Fairness

CONTACT Your Representative And Ask Them To "VOTE NO ON HB 1008"

* Please place calls to ALL #s today and tomorrow, the house Committee on Education will meet and vote tomorrow at 10:00 am. Reach out Friends and  family members.  LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!! 

In opposition to HB 1008: Requiring citizenship or legal residency for a person to be eligible for in-state tuition.

CONTACT Your Representatives And Ask Them To "VOTE NO ON HB 1008"

The Anti-dream Act -Contradicts the American Values of Fundamental fairness

• Affordable college education for undocumented students who graduate from high schools in the State furthers principles of fundamental fairness. Undocumented students who benefit from the bill are, by and large, talented high achievers who arrived in the State as children because of the choices of their parents. They grew up in the State and persevered against the odds to graduate from high school and secure admission to State college or university.

• Denying immigrant students lacking U.S residency access to affordable college education is short-sighted because they are likely to remain in the State and may well regularize their immigration status under current or future federal laws. Through either existing federal immigration law or future federal legislation providing undocumented students and others the ability to adjust their immigration status, many of those students who are presently undocumented may one day be legal residents and citizens.

• Reducing the cost of education at public colleges and universities for the State's high school graduates promotes economic growth and increases opportunities. College graduates who are likely to remain in the state earn higher wages, and therefore generate significantly more in income, sales, and property taxes. Their increased earning power and disposable income stimulate growth in the state economy. A better educated population also increases competitiveness in the global economy.

• Denying higher education access to the State's undocumented students means failing to capitalize on the State's investment in their K-12 education. Many of the undocumented students already educated in the State's K-12 public school system come from impoverished backgrounds and would not otherwise be able to attend college or university without in-state tuition.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON HB 1008