Immigrants to Pay Tuition at Rate Set for Residents
Source: New York Times
Thousands of illegal immigrants living in Massachusetts can qualify for state resident tuition rates at state colleges, under a policy laid out on Monday by Gov. Deval Patrick — another shift in the fast-changing mosaic of states’ policies toward that population.
The shift builds on the Obama administration policy, adopted in June, that the federal government will not seek to deport most young immigrants who, as children, were either brought to the United States illegally or kept here illegally. The Massachusetts policy applies to that same group.
Officials say there are very few illegal immigrants currently enrolled who might benefit from the in-state tuition discount; the much larger effect will be in encouraging others to enroll. They estimate that Massachusetts has 15,000 to 17,000 residents in the age group affected by the change in the deportation policy; they would not guess how many might take advantage of new state and federal rules.
“Our experience has been that the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition is a prohibitive barrier,” said Paul Reville, the state’s secretary of education. The state’s flagship college, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, charges state residents $13,230 in tuition and fees; students from outside the state pay more than twice as much, $26,645.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/us/illegal-immig
I couldn't agree more with this decision.
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So now you admit those were the original requirements for all students. 
So now that Patrick has done away with those rules they should apply to all students who want in state tuition. They cannot have separate rules demanding different documents from American students they suspect may be from another state. They better accept the same lame documentation from American citizens. If they don't then I see a lawsuit and rightly so.
If a student can produce two documents that prove they are a MA resident, they AREN'T FROM another state. Double DUH! Admit THAT, why don't you?
Good grief, you've really lost the bubble here. There is no "suspecting"--the goal of the documents is to prove the person lived in the Commonwealth.
If you ever file a tax return one day this may help you.
Federal and state law recognizes dependent students until the age of 24. A student is not considered emancipated because they are 18. They must provide proof they live on their own and support themselves. That is because students would try to declare themselves emancipated to hide their parents' income. Which is why the article I linked you to shows that states require the parents of students to provide residency. BTW, the students in that article were over 18.
One day when you go to college or have a child who goes to college you will realize how silly you sound. There is no way you went to college and did not know this.
Your state will now have to accept the same documents from ALL students whether they or their parents are here legally or illegally.
Students from other states will use the same flimsy documentation and there won't be a thing you can do about it or you will face lawsuits. 
End of discussion. Bye
shame yourself further by resorting (yet again, in flailing and desperate fashion) to personal aspersions when you fail to make your point.
No one is talking about financial aid here--get a grip. Stick to the topic, which is IN STATE TUITION--not "in state financial aid."
For someone quite pointlessly and frantically questioning the education level of others, you should do a bit of introspection and realize that you're convoluting two distinct topics here. If you want to talk about financial aid, start a thread on the subject. The topic here is TUITION, not AID. And you only need TWO DOCUMENTS to get in-state tuition, and I've proven that with the link I provided.
DUH.
Only in "la la lu I can't hear you's" universe are most students in college UNDER the age of majority.
People who are fifty live with their parents--are they "unemancipated" too, in your little world?
You don't "get" the meaning of the word, and you continue to confuse financial aid with tuition. Poor you.
if they can be taken as dependents on their parents' taxes. Tax dependent law is nice, but it does not stop people from being considered adults in the eyes of the law at 18 and over!
How many undocumented students are under 18?
That's what "unemancipated" means. It doesn't have shit to do with where a student lives. Surely you're not suggesting that a 26 year old graduate student living at home is "unemancipated?"
For someone who is snarkily questioning the education credentials of others, you're really showing us your behind, here. Stop talking and start clicking on the link I provided, or if you're too lazy to do that, try READING the material I cut-and-pasted to make it easy for you--you are embarrassing yourself with these absurd and entirely false claims.
emancipated? Seriously? 
A student has to go through a separate process to prove emancipation. They have to prove they have lived independently and have themselves paid all their own bills and have lived consecutively in the state. In they claim to be independent and have income then they themselves must present proof of it and their own tax returns. You really have no idea what you are talking about and have never been to college.
In fact there are cases such as this where illegal immigrants students went to court to bypass requirements that every American citizen has to abide by. I guess you are going to say this doesn't exist either.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/florida-and-new-jersey-courts-aid-illegal-immigrants-college-bound-children.html
"he could not provide proof that his parents were legal residents of the United States. " A standard procedure for American students. There has been a growing backlash against this because they are bypassing proving their parents lived here and paid taxes.
presented with the written word in very SIMPLE language geared to the 8th grade reader.
You linked to articles that have nothing to do with what is happening in the Commonwealth. Your article is about NJ and FL--- In the context of this discussion, they are garbage.
You're the one ignoring facts and obstreperously making a spectacle of yourself. If you weren't so disagreeable I'd almost feel sorry for you; instead, my baser nature finds your teaparty line of discourse simply amusing in its cluelessness.
Of course you don't "continue dialogues" in this situation--you've been shown to be wrong on all counts and you have to get away from that howsoever you can manage.
