* Related reading: What’s better than instate tuition for illegal aliens? Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program
The slanted weeper below from the far left The Guardian.com is agonizing over Georgia law that excludes illegal aliens from instate tuition in public colleges and attendance at several other taxpayer-funded colleges. But it is useful in that it puts a number of illegal aliens in our high schools. We caution readers to grasp that the actual number is likely much higher because of Biden’s ongoing open border policies. We note that according to federal law illegal aliens are not eligible to work in the U.S.
* Related reading: Who is Emiko Soltis?
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Free tuition, secret locations: the ‘underground university’ teaching 25 undocumented students at a time
TheGuardian.com
31 May 2024
“But even that pipeline doesn’t reach many of the estimated 4,000 undocumented students who graduate from Georgia’s high schools every year, as the much less expensive public colleges and universities remain out of reach.”
“Only hours after Joe Biden spoke at Atlanta’s Morehouse College – a 19 May ceremony watched closely in light of student protests in support of Palestine – a much smaller, visibly different graduation ceremony took place nearby.
The ceremony’s location was not publicized, a nod to past threats the Ku Klux Klan has directed at the school, as well as continuing hate mail and social media attacks.
The school’s director, Dr Laura Emiko Soltis, wore a keffiyeh while addressing parents, faculty and students from the stage. Flor M, a commencement speaker and alumna, quipped: “I know in my heart I will never have to demand a divestment from Freedom U.” The proceedings included a performance of son jarocho, the lively rhythm from Veracruz, Mexico; the 18 graduates and small audience of supporters sang and clapped along.
Graduates here were receiving recognition from Freedom University – the nation’s only program providing free college-level and college prep classes for undocumented students, with studies grounded in a human rights framework. It was the “underground” school’s 10th graduating class since relocating to Atlanta from Athens, Georgia, in 2014, a deliberate move to tap into the city’s civil rights legacy.
In that time, more than half of its 300 or so graduates have gone on to college with full scholarships, and many have participated in advocacy work, particularly involving access to higher education for undocumented students in Georgia – one of the most prohibitive states in the country when it comes to tuition and admissions policies at public colleges and universities.” …more here.
