Students to protest immigrant-tuition law

Dec. 21, 2006 12:00 AM

College students upset about the passage of a November ballot initiative that blocks undocumented immigrants from paying in-state tuition in Arizona hope to grab the national spotlight when the Bowl Championship Series college football title game comes to Glendale.

The students plan to march to Glendale on the morning of the Jan. 8 game and then rally outside University of Phoenix Stadium, said Cecilia Saenz, an Arizona State University student.

Saenz, a member of the group Justice for Arizona Students, said the march is aimed at calling attention to the financial hardship Proposition 300 will create for thousands of college students. Forcing them to pay higher out-of-state tuition will put college out of reach for many, she said.

I just don't understand. They are protesting legislation that prevents illegal entrants, people who are violating federal law and this nation's sovereignty, from paying less tuition when they shouldn't be in the country much less attending college!!! - mm