PASSED COMMITTE, EMAIL SENATE LEGSLATORS FOR FLOOR VOTE.
The Act allows for in-state higher learning costs for students who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
Permits an asylum seeker who is a student at a public university in this state or Oregon Health and Science University to receive an exemption from nonresident tuition and fees. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. [Highlighted text was added in amendment]
People seeking asylum are supposed to be seeking it prior to entering the US. If they did not, they are here illegally.
To say this has no fiscal impact is false. Taxes supplement universities. Taxes imposed on Oregonians should go to benefit Oregonians. Noncitizens are receiving more benefits than citizens so Oregon doesn’t need to give them a break on tuition.
Vote no
I oppose