Showing posts with label Alabama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alabama. Show all posts
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Alabama Cuts Out DREAMers from Community Colleges
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Chronicle of Higher Education
September 25, 2008
Alabama Board Bars Illegal Immigrants From State's 2-Year Colleges
The Alabama State Board of Education approved a new policy today banning
illegal immigrants from the state's two-year colleges, the Associated
Press reported.
The board approved the policy by a vote of 4 to 0. One member abstained,
and three others were absent. Also missing from the vote was the board's
president, Gov. Bob Riley, a Republican. The policy changes will take
effect in the spring of 2009.
Two advocates for immigrants spoke out against the measure during the
meeting, in Pell City, Ala. Bradley Byrne, chancellor of the state's
community-college system, proposed the change, saying Alabama taxpayers
should not be asked to foot the bill to educate people who cannot
legally work in the state.
The board's action came one month after North Carolina's State Board of
Community Colleges voted to bar illegal immigrants from enrolling in the
state's 58 community colleges while it commissioned a study on the
politically charged issue. -Katherine Mangan
for link to article click here
thanks to Michael Olivas for sending this along
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