I thought about this all day long while working.
Yeah I came up with a lot of answers and I agree with most of you.

Today I was discussing this with a friend and first thing she said, "so you want to be rewarded for illegal activities?"

I did tell her that, at least in my case, I did not know what I was getting myself into once I moved over here. I just had to. I had a good chance at going to the best High School in Santiago, Chile, which would mean a better chance at a major university. Now, where's all my education?... Just ask me to solve an equation.

Many people think that we will become citizens. We'd get our conditional residency, and if we do get our permanent residency, to my knowledge, you cant petition your parents. Don't you have to be a citizen for that?

I guess that anger citizens have, well, it's just understandable.

They struggle enough with out-of-state tuition. And have people who weren't even born here in the first place take advantage of that in-state privilege... *sigh*... I do understand them. And yes, we are following requirements for the in-state tuition that any citizen would have to meet.

The AB540 is a great aid as of now. I've known students who can qualify for that but they did not know about it, and paid so much money for their first year.

I have the luck of having to move here at age 14. I was raised in my country and I have different views on this country.

My dream would be to have people who have experienced other educational systems become professionals. And one day, change this whole educational system around. And not let students get away with lack of knowledge, specially Algebra *sighs*.

Pre-Algebra in college? give me a break, how did this happen to me? I was about to start calc in Chile, before i left.