He is enrolled in DACA, which allows young people who qualify to work and study in the U.S. Murilo Alves, 25, is a medical school student who came from Brazil when he was 3 years old. Supporters of the 2014 law say many students who do not have legal status would not attend at all if they were not given the price break. The office did not immediately respond to a request for any data or research showing the effect of the students’ paying in-state tuition on rising tuition costs. citizens when we want to make sure we want to keep it affordable for our own people?"Īsked for comment on the criticisms, DeSantis' office referred to the governor's previous remarks. If we want to hold the line on tuition, then you've got to say, you need to be a U.S. We have the most affordable higher education in the country," DeSantis said at a news conference last week. "We work really hard to make higher education affordable for Floridians, and we’re proud of that. as children temporary protection from deportation and permission to legally work. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, offers young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. If you put roadblocks at a time when there is great need in fields like engineering, doctors, nursing, it’s an ill-advised and ill-conceived idea," said Padrón, a former board chair of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.Ībout 40,000 students enrolled in higher education in Florida are considered undocumented, with about 12,000 eligible for DACA and about 28,000 ineligible, according to the Higher Education Immigration Portal. Each year about 5,000 Florida students who do not have permanent legal status graduate from high school in the state. “This is an issue of fairness and common sense and it’s good for our economy.
The news conference was organized by the American Business Immigration Coalition, or ABIC, a bipartisan group that advocates for immigration reform. “It never occurred to me in 2014 that we would be convening again to deal with the issue of in-state tuition,” Eduardo Padrón, former president of Miami Dade College, said Thursday at a news conference in Miami.
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