The Young Conservatives of Texas argued in court a federal law - the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, passed in 1996 - states a non-citizen cannot get a benefit not available to citizens. Over the past year, another student group has been squaring off with the leadership at the University of North Texas. Since then, he's become the president of Eagle Dreamers, a student immigration advocacy group. These Fort Worth NICU babies have just entered the ‘Barbie World' Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital 8 hours ago I was ready to call this my home for the next four years," Silva said, "If it wasn't for in-state tuition I would not be at UNT right now." "When I found UNT, it was affordable and it was close to Garland, Texas. He is not a citizen and tells NBC 5 after a court decision on a federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals he has "no real pathway to citizenship.” Silva's family moved to North Texas from Mexico when he was two years old. "I've grown up in the city of Garland, Texas, my whole life," said Oscar Silva. The ruling is a win for undocumented students who, since 2001, have been allowed to pay in-state tuition if they lived in the state for three years and graduated from a Texas high school. We at UNT will continue focusing on the reason we’re here - educating tomorrow’s leaders," said Kelley Reese, interim vice president and senior associate vice president of university brand strategy and communications at the University of North Texas. We appreciate the court of appeals’ careful review of Texas law.
“The fifth circuit’s unanimous opinion affirms the position UNT has taken throughout this litigation. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in New Orleans, reversed a lower court's ruling.Īccording to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data, more than 1,500 students at the University of North Texas were out-of-state students in the Fall of 2022. The University of North Texas can still charge out-of-state students higher tuition than undocumented students who are in-state residents.
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