Critics condemn decision by education board aligned with hard-right Ron DeSantis to block access to college system
Immigration advocates in Florida have decried a “cruel and harmful” new rule by education officials aligned to hard-right Republican governor Ron DeSantis to ban undocumented students from state colleges and universities.
The Florida board of education voted on Tuesday to bar access to its 28 state-funded institutions to anybody not a US citizen or “lawfully present” in the country. It follows Florida’s move last year to strip discounted in-state tuition rates for certain immigrant students.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Richard Luscombe in Miami.
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