Community leaders and students say immigrants need to be able to continue paying Florida college residency fees, and they’re willing to travel to Tallahasee to be heard.
Dr. Eduardo Padrón says in this regard: “it deprives young people of the possibility of learning at a time when this country needs better prepared and more educated people”.
Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a package of immigration bills that includes reversing a measure that allows thousands of Dreamers and undocumented students to pay college tuition. ‘State.
“This means that tuition fees will be almost four times what they are now, which will prevent these young people from studying,” says Padrón.
The law was signed into law in 2014 by then-Governor Rick Scott. benefited young immigrants who came to the United States as children.
Gaby Pacheco was a dreamer and today she is the director of an organization that has awarded $18 million in scholarships to benefit undocumented students. He says they are entitled to pay in-state tuition just like any other Florida resident.
The governor says Florida universities have the lowest tuition in the country.
Florida resident: $5,991.79 on average
Florida non-resident: $20,719.07 average