1/18/13
   
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Leave a message for your State Senator and the Education & Career Development Committee to
Vote NO on Senate Bill 207 which would give resident tuition rates to certain illegal aliens.
  
Please take 5 minutes to CALL and E-mail your State Senator and Committee Members toll free at: 1-800-382-9467 to ask them VOTE NO on Senate Bill 207 sponsored by Senators Leising-R, Yoder-R, Mrvan-D, Rogers-D, Taylor-D.
  
This bill would give in-state tuition rates to illegals who were already here in 2011.
You may click to read Senate Bill 207 here.
LOOK UP contact information for your State Senator by clicking here.
  
Talking Points:
  
The Fiscal Impact Statement on SB 207 says that the impact is "unknown but probably minor."  However, the Indianapolis Star estimated there were 300 illegal alien students who would be impacted by an in-state tuition bill.  Based on that estimate, let's run the numbers.  Indiana University charges an annual tuition rate of roughly $10,000 for in-state students and $30,000 for out-of-state students.  That leaves $20,000 which won't be collected if the Indiana General Assembly chooses to help illegal aliens compete against Hoosier graduates. 
300 illegals x $20,000 = $6 million per year.
  
Federal Immigration Law already prohibits in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens.  Read this article from Heritage Foundation or click this link to read the current Federal Law
  
Until every Hoosier graduate who wants a job has a job, the Indiana General Assembly should not be using taxpayer money to help illegal aliens compete against them.  See this previous IFIRE Alert about the impact of illegal immigration on our own graduates.

 

 
Senate Education & Career Development Committee:
Chariman, Sen. Kruse-R, District 14
Sen. Yoder-R, District 12
Sen. Banks-R, Dist. 17
Sen. Buck-R, Dist. 21
Sen. Kenley-R, Dist. 20
Sen. Pete Miller-R, Dist. 24
Sen. Leising-R, Dist. 42
Sen. Schneider-R, Dist. 30
Sen. Rogers-D, Dist. 3
Sen. Broden-D, Dist. 10
Sen. Mrvan-D, Dist. 1
Sen. Taylor-D, Dist. 33
  
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Sample E-mail you may copy and paste:
  
Dear Senator
  
SB 207 violates existing federal law and should never make it out of committee.  Many state legislators have opposed Indiana's efforts to pass state laws to help enforce existing federal immigration laws.  In light of this, it's difficult to understand why those same senators are so eager to pass a state law which would clearly violate federal law.
  
The Indianapolis Star estimated there were 300 illegal alien students who would be impacted by an in-state tuition bill. Let's run the numbers based on that estimate.
Indiana University charges an annual tuition rate of roughly $10,000 for in-state students and $30,000 for out-of-state students. The difference is $20,000 per illegal alien student per year. 300 illegals x $20,000 = $6 million per year  which should be collected from illegal alien students but won't be if SB 207 passes.
  
I urge you to look at the links below and consider the impact of your decision on our own graduates and unemployed and then vote NO on SB 207.
  
LINKS:
Heritage Foundation Report on In-state Tuition: 
Indiana University Tuition Rates:   
IFIRE Alert on Impact of Illegals on American Graduates: 
  
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