Possible College Ban for Illegal Immigrants (Missouri)

[The Straight Story]

Possible College Ban for Illegal Immigrants

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri House of Representitives passed a bill today that will ban illegal immigrants from attending public colleges and universities in Missouri.

Some Missouri lawmakers are trying to join South Carolina as the only state banning illegal immigrants from all public colleges.

"Our goal is to deal with these immigration challenges, but not to deal with them in a way that prevents this university, a world renown university from recruiting the best and the brightest students from throughout the world," said Democratic Representative Mary Still.

If the proposal makes it into law, Missouri would be headed into an entirely different direction from most of the colleges in the country.

The College Board represents 3,800 colleges and universities across the country. The board wants congress to give illegal immigrants in-state college tuition, financial aid and a path to citizenship.

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