Dive Summary:
- Two House Republicans from Ohio—Reps. Matt Lynch and Wes Retherford—hope to overturn a rule that qualifies some undocumented immigrants for in-state tuition at public colleges.
- The U.S. government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows immigrants who arrived before age 16 to get legal status, and the Ohio Board of Regents determined that allows them access to in-state tuition rates.
- Before the act, many schools charged such students out-of-state or international rates that can be three times what in-state residents pay.
From the article:
... Lynch, who in April also introduced a bill to deny driver’s licenses to those under DACA, stressed that these students are still here illegally, and the decision to give them in-state tuition should not be made administratively. “If the legislature wants to grant that kind of a benefit to noncitizens, we should have that debate in the House and Senate,” he said. “My agenda is to protect the taxpayers in Ohio.” ...
