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

House Committee on Education

Last Name

First Name

Phone Business

Phone Home

Baird

Duncan

479-439-1717

 

Bradford

Toni

870-879-5270

870-879-5270

Brown

Jerry R.

870-238-3132

870-238-3815

Cheatham

Eddie

 

870-364-5659

Clemmer

Ann

 

501-316-0364

Dale

Robert E.

479-970-3503

479-331-3503

Dickinson

Jody

 

870-523-8222

English

Jane

501-257-7670 Cell

501-835-7465

Hobbs

Debra M.

 

479-636-3982

Hopper

Karen S.

 

870-431-8934

Hutchinson

Donna

479-823-2165

479-876-6011

Les

"Skip" Camine

   

McLean

James

870-613-0617 cell

870-698-1399

Pierce

Bobby J.

501-888-4390

870-942-1031

Roebuck

 

870-403-4382

870-246-8500

Steele

Tracy

501-374-8788

 

Stewart

Randy

 

870-398-4630

Summers

Tim

 

479-273-0773

Webb

Kathy

501-258-1949

 

Wren

Tommy

870-613-7585