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A proposal to make around 600 undocumented
immigrants eligible for financial aid to attend New Jersey colleges is
now one vote from reaching Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk, after being approved
Monday by the state Senate.
Under a 2013 state
law, undocumented immigrants who graduate from New Jersey high schools
qualify for in-state tuition rates. The proposal approved 26-10 Monday
would make them eligible for financial aid programs, perhaps costing the state $4.5 million a year
Assemblyman Gary Schaer, D-Passaic, said it
doesn’t make sense that the state spends hundreds of thousands of
dollars on undocumented students through elementary and high schools –
then cuts them off.
“From a pure economic point of view, after having invested so many dollars, why would we want to stop now?” Schaer said.
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