2015 ECS National Forum on Education Policy

2015 ECS National Forum on Education Policy IN-STATE TUITION FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ALEJANDRA RINCON, PH.D. BOOK AUTHOR: “UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION: SI SE PUEDE! alejandrarinconphd.com

Documenting Immigrant Student Advocacy

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Uninformed debate Document our history and contributions in a very polemic area Co-founder of Coalition of Higher Education for Immigrant Students in Houston, Texas

Trailblazers 1975

Texas law tried to keep undocumented children out of school.

1982

In Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court rules undocumented have access to K-12

1994

California Proposition 187 tries to keep undocumented out of schools, hospitals Passage of the IIRIRA (Section 505 limits higher ed. access to undocumented)

1996


JOSE AND LIDIA LOPEZ, PLAINTIFFS IN THE PLYLER VS. DOE CASE – Photo: Richard m. Pruitt

In-State tuition & Dream Act 2001 – TX passes first in-state law 2001-2013 – 18 states pass instate tuition laws 2012 – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) won by Dreamers Six states provide financial aid: Texas, New Mexico and Oregon included the provision in their laws. California, Illinois and Washington passed additional laws to grant access


IN-STATE TUITION POLICIES TEXAS (HB 1403, 2001)

CALIFORNIA (AB 540, 2001)

 Residency classification

 Waiver of out of state

 2001- Access to fin.

 2011 – Available after 10

Aid after passage of law  Eligible for Texas Grant, TPEG & scholarships  2005 - TAFSA application developed


years of in-state tuition  Cal Grant A & B  2014 - AB 2160 - Cal Grant: Auto GPA Upload

Two decades of Immigrant Student Advocacy (1995 – 2015) 1995

1991-2001

In-state Protests advocacy begins against in CA and Proposition triumphs in 187 Texas


2006 National protests against HR 4427

2009 Students launch campaigns to stop their own deportations

2011-Now On-going campaign against Obama’s deportations

Impact of deportations on educational efforts

Aggressive implementation of “Secure Communities Act” (non-criminal detentions) 

79% of deportees were non-criminals


Impact of DACA


The Civil Rights Issue of our time Birmingham Children’s March (1963)


Trail of Dreams (2010)

Thank you

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