Education costs and undocumented students

Re “Out-of-State Students Sue Over

Tuition,” Dec. 15

This would be a nonissue if our legislators would simply have compassion for undocumented immigrants who had no choice but to sneak into this country with their parents. They have become culturally American, speak English well enough to graduate from high school yet lack immigration documents through no fault of their own.

The simple answer: Give law-abiding, undocumented high school graduates legal immigration status and allow them to right the wrongs of their parents by becoming taxpaying citizens who attend college and qualify for decent jobs.

Like all of us who have benefited from government-subsidized college, their postgraduate taxes will pay back what they “took” from taxpayers many times over.

BeA TIRITILLI

Santa Ana

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Your article is a perfect example of how irresponsible and out of touch many elected officials are.

In the last four years, tuition at California colleges has increased by at least 40%, a tremendous hardship for many native-born students. Yet California, with at least eight other states, is granting in-state tuition to illegal students who are paying far less than American students from other states.

American politicians must consider illegal aliens their priority, not Americans. This is outrageous.

YEH LING-LING

Executive Director

Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America, Oakland