{"id":862280,"date":"2021-10-09T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=862280"},"modified":"2021-10-09T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T15:14:04","slug":"democrats-reconciliation-bill-includes-free-community-college-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reconciliation-bill-includes-free-community-college-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats\u2019 Reconciliation Bill Includes Free Community College Tuition For Illegal Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-reconciliation-bill-includes-free-community-college-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=862280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1235692250.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Contained within the Democrats\u2019 massive $3.5 trillion federal reconciliation bill is a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to receive free community college tuition.<\/p>\n<p>Though the bill is struggling in Congress, it includes a section that states no one would be ineligible to receive free community college tuition based on their citizenship or immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity college students eligible to receive tuition assistance under this bill are those who qualify for in-state community college tuition. Individuals who are precluded from qualifying for in-state tuition due to their immigration status are also eligible for tuition assistance under this measure,\u201d the Association of Community College Trustees wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acct.org\/files\/ACP%20Act%20of%202021%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\">a fact sheet<\/a> for the bill.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/dems-bill-free-community-college-illegal-immigrants\">told<\/a> Fox News in an email that the provision would lead to more illegal immigration<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal immigrants skipped the line and broke our laws \u2014 they should not be rewarded with free tuition,\u201d Cotton said. \u201cBut Democrats want to use your money to pay for them to go to college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not fair, and it will only incentivize more illegal immigration,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>A Democratic aide on the House Education and Labor Committee told the outlet that providing free community college tuition to illegal immigrants is no different than current K-12 education policies, which require schools to provide education to children whether they are citizens or not.<\/p>\n<p>David Burton, a senior economic policy advisor at the Heritage Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/reconciliation-bill-includes-free-community-college-for-illegal-immigrants\/\">told<\/a> The College Fix that making community college free wouldn\u2019t provide the benefits the Biden administration claims, saying that while \u201cinvesting in human education is a good thing,\u201d simply doling out money won\u2019t fix a problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Newsline <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradonewsline.com\/2021\/10\/04\/democrats-vision-for-free-community-college-would-boost-undocumented-students\/\">reported<\/a> that the provision would provide \u201ctwo years of tuition-free community college for students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposal calls for the federal government to dole out $111 billion to states from 2023 to 2028. The states would use that money to cover tuition for community college students,\u201d Newsline wrote. \u201cTo receive the money, though, states could not deny the tuition-free benefits based on \u2018citizenship, alienage, or immigration status.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The provision would violate laws in several states, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlabama, Georgia and South Carolina prohibit unauthorized immigrants from enrolling in at least some of their public universities and colleges,\u201d Newsline reported. \u201cMissouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin bar undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition. Other states impose other restrictions on tuition benefits for undocumented students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other states, such as Colorado and New York, illegal immigrants can receive in-state tuition and state financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats have voiced concerns over President Joe Biden\u2019s $3.5 trillion spending bill, including Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who called the price tag the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-senator-deals-death-blow-to-bidens-3-5-trillion-agenda-definition-of-fiscal-insanity\">definition of fiscal insanity<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while Democrats are trying to pass the bill under reconciliation, which would require only 51 votes in the Senate, the Senate Parliamentarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/big-blow-to-biden-senate-parliamentarian-rules-citizenship-path-for-illegals-cannot-be-in-3-5-trillion-bill-report-says\">ruled<\/a> in September that a citizenship path for illegal immigrants can\u2019t be included.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contained within the Democrats\u2019 massive $3.5 trillion federal reconciliation bill is a provision that would allow illegal immigrants to receive free community college tuition.Though the bill is struggling in Congress, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}