Wisconsin: Very Few Illegal Immigrants Use UW Tuition Deal (Wisconsin State Journal)
"Very few students are taking advantage of a new law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools, according to university data," the Wisconsin State Journal reports. "For the first time this fall, Wisconsin students who are not legally in this country were eligible for resident tuition under a controversial provision Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law in the state budget over the summer. Only two such students at UW-Madison filed paperwork for resident tuition, four at UW-Oshkosh, one at UW-Whitewater and one at UW-Stevens Point, according to information from those universities. There were none at UW-La Crosse. UW-Milwaukee had the most, with 35 illegal immigrants qualifying for resident tuition. The higher numbers there reflects the larger immigrant population in the state's biggest city."
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