Arizona Supreme Court Rules Dreamers Not Eligible for In-State Tuition

Children hold banners and placards while listening to speakers at a rally outside the 9th Circuit federal court in Pasadena, California on July 16, 2015, where Immigrant rights organizations, labor, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from Arizona and Los Angeles gathered. After a multiple-year legal battle, the state of Arizona's embattled efforts to deny driver's licenses to immigrants who have been granted DACA under a federal program will face what could be yet another blow to Arizona when the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hears oral arguments this Thursday in a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups challenging the discriminatory policy. AFP PHOTO/ FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

The Arizona State Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that so-called “Dreamers” will have to pay out-of-state tuition rates. Given that those out-of-state students are paying out-of-state tuition, it’s only common sense that out-of-country students do the same.

The case was specific to whether or not dreamers at Maricopa Community Colleges would have to be offered in-state tuition. The Justices ruled 7-0 on the case. Needless to say, it’ll serve as precedent for any future cases where “Dreamers” claim a right to in-state tuition at other colleges and university’s in the State.

According to the Washington Times:

The court upheld a previous 3-0 appeals-court decision that federal and state law do not give that power to the colleges, but to the state’s political branches.
“While people can disagree what the law should be, I hope we all can agree that the attorney general must enforce the law as it is, not as we want it to be,” Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement.
Mr. Brnovich noted that in 2006, Arizona voters passed Proposition 300, declaring illegal immigrants ineligible for in-state tuition and other state benefits.

One pro-Dreamer group complained that this will triple the cost of tuition for illegal immigrants.

BREAKING: AZ Supreme Court ends in-state tuition for #DACA recipients. Out-of-state #tuition rates are TRIPLE the cost than what you pay in-state. This creates a barrier to education for #Dreamers who want to go to college or attend a university: https://t.co/uZL7m3U3xe https://t.co/9o6kTsqaF7

— #DreamActNow (@MiFamiliaVota) April 9, 2018

Arizona is one of the border States showing some sanity on the issue of doling out benefits to non-citizens.

You wouldn’t think states that have an epidemic of non-citizens entering would be giddy to start dishing out benefits to them, but such is the case in many.

Who Pays for In-State Tuition?

Surprisingly, there are at least 18 States that offer in-state tuition to illegals. When there’s $1.3 trillion in student debt out there burdening millions of Americans, why are we subsidizing the tuition of those illegals?

It’s the taxes of those with student loan debt paying the tuition of those who aren’t legally in the country. I guess it’s not just “wealth redistribution” between the rich and poor that liberals want. Redistribution from citizens to illegals is on the table too.

Get the word out – and let us know what you think!