Immigration Laws Complicate Top Student’s College Plans
After earning a 4.2 high school grade point average and getting accepted into college, a student learned that due to immigration laws she might not be able to go.
After earning a 4.2 high school grade point average and getting accepted to Ball State University, a student learned that due to immigration laws she might not be able to afford the tuition.
Karla Fernandez has lived in Indiana since she was 3 years old when her parents moved from Mexico 15 years ago illegally.
That makes her the child of illegal immigrants and in the state of Indiana that means she doesn’t qualify for in-state tuition.
Attending Ball State as a non-resident nearly doubles the tuition, making it 33 thousand dollars a year.
Receiving a federal grant or a loan is also not realistic possibility due to her status.
She did have a brief glimmer of hope that came via the Obama Administration’s program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Through it, young people who came to the US early in life and meet certain criteria may be granted a temporary reprieve from removal action. It does not give legal residency or citizenship status to the applicants.
She was told by Ball State that her enrollment in the program had awarded her in-state status only to be called again moments later and told they’d made a mistake.
Karla is now trying to raise tuition money via a crowdsourcing campaign.
After earning a 4.2 high school grade point average and getting accepted to Ball State University, a student learned that due to immigration laws she might not be able to afford the tuition.
Karla Fernandez has lived in Indiana since she was 3 years old when her parents moved from Mexico 15 years ago illegally.
That makes her the child of illegal immigrants and in the state of Indiana that means she doesn’t qualify for in-state tuition.
Attending Ball State as a non-resident nearly doubles the tuition, making it 33 thousand dollars a year.
Receiving a federal grant or a loan is also not realistic possibility due to her status.
She did have a brief glimmer of hope that came via the Obama Administration’s program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
Through it, young people who came to the US early in life and meet certain criteria may be granted a temporary reprieve from removal action. It does not give legal residency or citizenship status to the applicants.
She was told by Ball State that her enrollment in the program had awarded her in-state status only to be called again moments later and told they’d made a mistake.
Karla is now trying to raise tuition money via a crowdsourcing campaign.
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