Florida could soon ban undocumented students from public universities, colleges
Florida could soon ban undocumented students from enrolling in state universities and colleges, moves that would make it the fourth state and by far the largest to shut these immigrants out of at least some publicly financed higher education options.
The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s 12 universities, wants to amend admission rules so that students “not lawfully present in the United States” could not enroll in a university, unless the school already had admitted “all academically qualified applicants,” according to the newly released agenda for its June 24 meeting.
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