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Originally Posted by freshh.
I cannot imagine how many other people have left the state because of it. Emory is now helping first time college students pay the full cost of their tuition, so that's a plus! But, for many of us that got caught up in the mess created by the Board of Regents after her case, it didn't help us so we had to find other options and transfer out-of-state.
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I was myself fortunate to have been in my senior year of College when the Board of Regents began to demand out-of-state tuition from Dreamers. I believe they eventually even barred undocumented students attending altogether, from what they laughably termed their "top State Universities".
My heart ached for a young Dreamer, a year or so ago, who was a HS senior at the time, when it was revealed to him that he could not join his peers and close friends at GT or UGA - despite his years of scorning delights and laborious days; those late nights studying, the sacrifices of material and financial support of caring family.
And for what? For the privilege of attending a obscure state university, paying out-of-state tuition?
Their is something implacably disconcerting in watching a young person of promise hopes being frustrated - so contrary does it seem to our sense of natural, human justice.
I suppose it is just our lot - our isolated and personal tragedy.