Comments on: California AB-540 Ruling From Appeals Court http://www.dreamactivist.org/california-ab-540-ruling-from-appeals-court/ Undocumented Students Action and Resource Network Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:17:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Making College Less Accessible for Immigrant Students One Lawsuit at a Time | No Borders and Binaries http://www.dreamactivist.org/california-ab-540-ruling-from-appeals-court/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Making College Less Accessible for Immigrant Students One Lawsuit at a Time | No Borders and Binaries Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:56:03 +0000 http://dreamactivist.org/?p=239#comment-136 [...] I believe Quaker sums the issue up best here. [...] [...] I believe Quaker sums the issue up best here. [...]

]]> By: PL http://www.dreamactivist.org/california-ab-540-ruling-from-appeals-court/comment-page-1/#comment-135 PL Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:50:43 +0000 http://dreamactivist.org/?p=239#comment-135 You need to copy/paste this to the Chronicle, LOL. You need to copy/paste this to the Chronicle, LOL.

]]> By: PL http://www.dreamactivist.org/california-ab-540-ruling-from-appeals-court/comment-page-1/#comment-134 PL Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:14:59 +0000 http://dreamactivist.org/?p=239#comment-134 Anyone who comes from out of state can also adjust status within a year to residency so why are people complaining about one year of tuition only? Do they think they will get that benefit if the instate-tuition for immigrant students is struck down? Hardly. The colleges will just devise another sneaky way to account for residency. The way I see it, there isn't going to be any 'loss' to undocumented students in the California system. Lets face it - how many educators in the higher education system here would want to make college inaccessible for some of their best students? The UC Regents and CSU system are adamantly in favor of AB-540 and the DREAM Act. So even with AB-540 struck down because institutions cannot deny 'out of state' students the same residency benefits that, the colleges will find a way to accommodate these students. Guess how? Ridiculously increase the costs for international students in all likelihood. But by the time this case is heard again, the DREAM Act should be stamped and approved, which would render the whole point moot. Anyone who comes from out of state can also adjust status within a year to residency so why are people complaining about one year of tuition only? Do they think they will get that benefit if the instate-tuition for immigrant students is struck down? Hardly. The colleges will just devise another sneaky way to account for residency.

The way I see it, there isn’t going to be any ‘loss’ to undocumented students in the California system. Lets face it – how many educators in the higher education system here would want to make college inaccessible for some of their best students? The UC Regents and CSU system are adamantly in favor of AB-540 and the DREAM Act. So even with AB-540 struck down because institutions cannot deny ‘out of state’ students the same residency benefits that, the colleges will find a way to accommodate these students. Guess how? Ridiculously increase the costs for international students in all likelihood. But by the time this case is heard again, the DREAM Act should be stamped and approved, which would render the whole point moot.

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