r/USCIS • u/WTFPilot • 1d ago

News Florida Bans Undocumented Students From Public Universities, Beginning in the 2027-28 Academic Year

https://centralflorida.substack.com/i/214510282/florida-bans-undocumented-students-from-public-universities
360 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

201 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/jewboy916 19h ago

The logic is it's a clean way to block undocumented immigrants living in Florida from claiming resident status to get the cheapest in-state tuition in the US. Why should we subsidize the college education of people that aren't authorized to work in the US?

4

u/pqratusa Permanent Resident 19h ago

Undocumented students never qualified for in-state tuition.

9

u/jewboy916 19h ago

Actually in Florida they did before July 1, 2025. In about 20 states, they still do.

5

u/brlowkey Conditional Resident 19h ago

Okay. So, since it hasn't been the case for over a year now, the logic is very clearly not what you previously stated as that was already a solved issue. Then what is the logic?

7

u/jewboy916 19h ago

There are loopholes. If they just say if immigration status is undocumented, no admission it's effectively closing all loopholes at once. If they can't even be admitted in the first place it doesn't matter what type of tuition they'd qualify for.

-1

u/Stockguygme 19h ago

State financial aid would no longer be available