Should Illegal Immigrants Be Allowed To Receive FAFSA?
Yes to Financial Aid!
More than 1 million immigrants children without legal status reportedly live in the U.S. Approximately 65,000 graduate from high school each year, but experts estimate that fewer than 6,500 go on to attend college (Peter1). Eighteen states out of the fifty allow teens without legal status to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities, provided they meet certain requirements. Those students must have lived in the state for a minimum number of years (Dunbar 1). If the student is a U.S citizen but one or more parents are undocumented, the student is ineligible for federal student aid. Illegal immigrants in some states are eligible for state financial aid program (Helping Parents 2). Several U.S colleges are giving financial aid directly to …show more content…
Without FAFSA, illegal immigrants cannot go to a university because they are too expensive. This is not fair for students of other nationalities who wish to have a better life for their families. Most children of illegal immigrants were brought here when they were infants so they did not have a choice. They could not tell their parents to leave them in their native country because they were not able to speak. I think that if the child was born here, they are considered a citizen and have the same rights as any other citizen. They should be allowed the same rights as any other person who has been born here. I don’t see any difference between the children who were born here and the children of illegal parents who were also born here. The parents of these children want to pay taxes but they don’t have papers, which allow them to not be able to pay taxes. The children of illegal immigrants should not be punished by outdated policies and by rules that do not let some people do something but allow others to do what they
More than 1 million immigrants children without legal status reportedly live in the U.S. Approximately 65,000 graduate from high school each year, but experts estimate that fewer than 6,500 go on to attend college (Peter1). Eighteen states out of the fifty allow teens without legal status to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities, provided they meet certain requirements. Those students must have lived in the state for a minimum number of years (Dunbar 1). If the student is a U.S citizen but one or more parents are undocumented, the student is ineligible for federal student aid. Illegal immigrants in some states are eligible for state financial aid program (Helping Parents 2). Several U.S colleges are giving financial aid directly to …show more content…
Without FAFSA, illegal immigrants cannot go to a university because they are too expensive. This is not fair for students of other nationalities who wish to have a better life for their families. Most children of illegal immigrants were brought here when they were infants so they did not have a choice. They could not tell their parents to leave them in their native country because they were not able to speak. I think that if the child was born here, they are considered a citizen and have the same rights as any other citizen. They should be allowed the same rights as any other person who has been born here. I don’t see any difference between the children who were born here and the children of illegal parents who were also born here. The parents of these children want to pay taxes but they don’t have papers, which allow them to not be able to pay taxes. The children of illegal immigrants should not be punished by outdated policies and by rules that do not let some people do something but allow others to do what they