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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Eight years after<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California/" rel=nofollow>California's</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Legislature/" rel=nofollow>Legislature</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>adopted a tuition break to help
undocumented immigrants afford college, these students account for 1 percent or
less of all students in the state's three higher education systems.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">The data come as both Republican
candidates for governor are calling for the practice to end, saying the
cash-strapped state can't afford to let illegal immigrants attend
state-supported colleges at resident rates.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">The most recent data from
the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(2,74,130); FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/University+of+California/"
rel=nofollow>University of California,</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(2,74,130); FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California+State+University/"
rel=nofollow>California State University</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and the<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California+Community+Colleges/"
rel=nofollow>California Community Colleges</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>system show:</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• At<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC's</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>10-campus
system, undocumented students were no more than three-tenths of a percent of
220,000 students in 2007-2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• More than 68 percent of the
1,941<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students who
received the waiver of out-of-state tuition rates were actually<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/U.S.+citizens/" rel=nofollow>U.S.
citizens</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>or "documented"
immigrants who qualified under the terms of Assembly Bill 540.<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/U.S.+citizens/" rel=nofollow>U.S.
citizens</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and documented
students consistently have been the greatest number of<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC's</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students,
as they are called, since waivers began in 2002.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• In 2007-08,<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students
at<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>received an
estimated $26 million "value" with their tuition waivers. That added up to
five-tenths of a percent of<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC's</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>"core"
state-funded budget of $5.4 billion, said spokesman<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Ricardo+Vasquez/" rel=nofollow>Ricardo
Vasquez.</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• At CSU's 23 campuses, 3,633
students are receiving<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>waivers in
the current school year – less than 1 percent of all 440,000 students. The
numbers have increased since the law passed in 2001, when CSU officials told
the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Legislature/" rel=nofollow>Legislature</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>they expected about 500 students to
take advantage of the waivers.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• In the community college
system in the 2008-09 school year, 34,016 students were granted<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>waivers –
1 percent of all 2.89 million students.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">• CSU and community college
records do not identify the status of<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students,
but administrators believe the undocumented make up a larger percentage there
than at<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/UC/"
rel=nofollow>UC.</A></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">With support from some
Republicans, lawmakers approved<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>in
2001.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">The<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California/" rel=nofollow>California</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Chamber of Commerce called<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>good for
the state's economy and work force quality. Supporters also said tens of
thousands of illegal students didn't come here by choice, were graduating
annually from high school, but remained in limbo.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">The law allows students who
attended<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California/" rel=nofollow>California</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>high school for at least three years
and graduated here, including citizens, to pay in-state tuition even if they are
not legal residents of the state.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Undocumented<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students
in<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/California/" rel=nofollow>California</A><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>are barred from all state, school or
federal grants or loans. They also must sign an affidavit promising to seek
legal status as soon as they can, even though most of the students have no
avenue to obtain that status.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px"><B style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px">Issue
hits GOP primary</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Undocumented<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/AB+540/"
rel=nofollow>AB 540</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>students
are figuring large in political rhetoric as the June 8 primary race to select a
Republican nominee for governor heats up.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">A new Field Poll found that 58
percent of Republicans consider illegal immigration to be among the most
important issues in the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden"
href="http://topics.sacbee.com/governor%27s+race/" rel=nofollow>governor's
race,</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>compared with 37 percent
of total voters who believe that.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">GOP gubernatorial rivals<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(2,74,130); FONT-SIZE: 15px; CURSOR: pointer; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none"
class=" lingo_link" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/Meg+Whitman/"
rel=nofollow>Meg Whitman</A><SPAN
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students as a financial burden and say they want to kill AB 540.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">"Ban the Admission of
Undocumented Students to UC, CSU and California Community Colleges," Whitman
says in her policy agenda pamphlet.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">"At a time when we're letting
police officers, firefighters and teachers go, then everything has to be on the
table," added Whitman spokesman Hector Barajas.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Poizner, in a Los Angeles Times
piece Saturday, wrote: "One taxpayer-funded benefit for illegal aliens that
should be stopped is in-state tuition at our public colleges and
universities."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Poizner spokesman Jarrod Agen
said Poizner wants to seek savings to help relieve the current budget crisis but
also wants to send "a clear signal that benefits will not exist anymore."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Poizner also favors blocking
undocumented K-12 children from public school, while Whitman has said K-12
children should not "pay for the sins of their parents."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px"><B
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px">'Scapegoating' alleged</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">The candidates' comments sparked
a fierce rebuke from Kent Wong, a labor studies professor at UC Los Angeles.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">"I wish they, with all their
billions," Wong said, "would come here and tell my students that they should be
kicked out of college – the college they worked so hard all their lives to get
into, and that they should instead go wash dishes in the underground
economy."</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Nancy, a UCLA education student
who asked that her last name not be revealed because of her illegal status, was
brought to the United States at 8 months of age.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Her mother obtained status
through a relative after years of waiting, but Nancy can't.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Wong said it was "misleading"
and "scapegoating" for candidates to suggest that state budget woes would be
relieved by taking away in-state tuition from a small number of students.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">UC attorney Christopher Patti,
meanwhile, is defending California's three college systems against a lawsuit –
now before the California Supreme Court – arguing that AB 540 violates the
rights of U.S. citizens in other states by allowing illegal immigrants to pay
in-state fees.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">U.S. citizens who have benefited
from AB 540 include graduates of California boarding schools, students whose
parents were transferred because of military or business, and students who
return to California after residing in another state, with no time cap.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px">Texas and eight other states
also have AB 540-type tuition breaks aimed at helping illegal immigrant
students.</P>
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