Republican legislators in Utah are moving ahead with a plan that will provide in-state tuition to refugees resettled across the state as well as those who have won parole from Biden’s administration or given Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Jon Cherry/Getty ImagesRepublican legislators in Utah are moving ahead with a plan that will provide in-state tuition to refugees resettled across the state as well as those who have won parole from President Joe Biden’s administration or given Temporary Protected Status .the plan, giving in-state tuition to refugees, parolees, TPS recipients, and asylees. Rep. Jordan Teuscher is sponsoring the legislation.
In 2002, Utah legislators opened in-state tuition to illegal aliens who have graduated from high schools in the state. Nonetheless, in-state tuition in UtahSince Fiscal Year 2019, nearly 1,300 refugees have been resettled across Utah. Over the last 20 years, nearly one million refugees have been resettled in the country. This is more than double the number of residents living in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is the equivalent of annually adding the population of Pensacola, Florida, to the country.
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