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In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students Undermines Federal Law!

April 4, 2019 Action Alerts, Arkansas Government, Arkansas Legislators, Featured, Illegal Immigration

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Looks like the Arkansas legislature has decided to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented students (so called “nontraditional documented”), regardless of their legal status!

HB 1684 has been re-referred as amended by the Senate back to the House Education Committee for 4/4/2019.  Here is the agenda set for the Education Committee in the House tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. If the bill passes out of the House Education Committee again, it will travel to the House floor for its of final destination of passage.

Secure Arkansas suggests that we contact all 100 members of the House once again and urge them to VOTE NO on HB 1684 to block aid to students with “nontraditional documented immigration status” which can mean unauthorized aliens… but it could mean anything! 

“Nontraditional documented immigration status” was never defined in HB1684.

It appears that HB 1684 allows a state-supported institution of higher education to classify illegal alien students as in-state students, one way or another.

But Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution provides that Congress has the power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.”

So, states are undermining or usurping federal law when allowing in-state tuition legislation that goes against federal law.

Click the link below to read the wording in the bill. We have also included the wording directly below. (We need to refute this bill line-upon-line in the near future… This bill still brings up many questions which must be answered.)

HB1684

For An Act To Be Entitled

AN ACT CONCERNING IN-STATE TUITION AT A STATE-

SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION; TO ALLOW A

STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO

CLASSIFY CERTAIN STUDENTS AS IN-STATE FOR PURPOSES O

TUITION AND FEES AT A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF

HIGHER EDUCATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 60, Subchapter 2, is amended 
to add an additional section to read as follows: 
6-60-215. Nontraditional documented immigration status. 
(a)(1) A state-supported institution of higher education may classify 
a student as in-state, limited to the terms and purpose of tuition and fees 
applicable to all programs of study at the state-supported institution of 
higher education, if the student satisfies one (1) of the following 
requirements: 
(A) The student personally holds or is the child of a 
person who holds a Federal Form I-766 United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services-issued Employment Authorization Document, known 
popularly as a work permit; 
(B) The student has verified that he or she is a resident 
legally present in Arkansas and has immigrated from the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands; or 
(C)(i) The student’s request for an exemption under 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has been approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security. 
(ii) The student’s exemption shall not be expired, 
or shall have been renewed. 
(2) A student who satisfies one (1) of the requirements under 
subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall have: 
(A) Resided in this state for at least three (3) years at 
the time the student applies for admission to a state-supported institution 
of higher education; and 
(B) Either: 
(i) Graduated from a public or private high school 
in this state; or 
(ii) Received a high school equivalency diploma in 
this state. 
(b)(1) The Department of Higher Education shall promulgate rules 
necessary to implement this section. 
(2)(A) When adopting the initial rules to implement this 
section, the final rule shall be filed with the Secretary of State for 
adoption under § 25-15-204(f): 
(i) On or before January 1, 2020; or 
(ii) If approval under § 10-3-309 has not occurred 
by January 1, 2020, as soon as practicable after approval under § 10-3-309. 
(B) The Department of Higher Education shall file the 
proposed rule with the Legislative Council under § 10-3-309(c) sufficiently
in advance of January 1, 2020, so that the Legislative Council may consider 
the rule for approval before January 1, 2020.

It appears that the majority of the Arkansas legislators are in support of giving illegal aliens taxpayer-funded benefits.

Below is the Senate vote for HB 1684. Also remember that all “Yeas”, “Non-Voting”, and “Present” votes are the same as a “Yea” vote. Any “Non-Voting” and voting “Present” are people with no intestinal fortitude and don’t want anyone to know how they would have voted.

Senate Vote on HB1684

Yeas

Yeas: 18

Bledsoe

Bond

E. Cheatham

L. Chesterfield

J. Cooper

L. Eads

Elliott

S. Flowers

J. Hendren

Hester

Hickey

K. Ingram

Irvin

G. Leding

Maloch

J. Sturch

Teague

D. Wallace

Nays

Nays: 7

B. Ballinger

Flippo

T. Garner

K. Hammer

Hill

M. Johnson

G. Stubblefield

 

 

 

 

 

 Non Voting

Non Voting: 9

Caldwell

A. Clark

J. Dismang

J. English

B. Johnson

M. Pitsch

Rapert

Rice

B. Sample

 

 

 

Present

Present: 1

B. Davis

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the House vote for HB 1684. Also, remember that all “Yeas”, “Non-Voting” and “Present” votes are the same as a “Yea” vote. Any “Non-Voting” and voting “Present” are people with no intestinal fortitude and do not want anyone to know how they would’ve voted.

House Vote on HB1684

 

Yeas

Yeas: 75

F. Allen

Barker

Beck

Bentley

Berry

Blake

Boyd

Bragg

Breaux

Brown

Burch

Capp

Cavenaugh

Christiansen

Cloud

Clowney

A. Collins

C. Cooper

Cozart

Dalby

A. Davis

M. Davis

Della Rosa

Dotson

D. Douglas

Evans

D. Ferguson

K. Ferguson

Fielding

C. Fite

L. Fite

V. Flowers

Fortner

D. Garner

Gazaway

Glover

Godfrey

Hawks

Hillman

M. Hodges

Holcomb

Hollowell

House

Jean

Jett

L. Johnson

Kelly

Ladyman

Love

Lundstrum

Lynch

Magie

McCullough

McNair

S. Meeks

Miller

Murdock

Nicks

Payton

Penzo

Perry

Petty

Richardson

Richey

Rushing

Scott

Slape

S. Smith

Sorvillo

Vaught

Walker

Warren

Watson

D. Whitaker

Wing

 

 

 

 

Nays

Nays: 11

Coleman

J. Mayberry

McCollum

McKenzie

Pilkington

Rye

B. Smith

Speaks

Sullivan

Wardlaw

Womack

 

 

Non Voting

Non Voting: 11

Crawford

Deffenbaugh

Eaves

Gates

M. Gray

G. Hodges

Lowery

Maddox

Tosh

Wooten

Mr. Speaker

 

 

 

 

Present

Present: 3

Eubanks

Gonzales

Richmond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In closing: unless something changes, the current legislative session will finally be over Friday, April 5, 2019 … thank goodness!

ACTION ITEM: Shown below are the email addresses for all 100 members of the House. Copy and paste them into your “SEND TO” in your email so you can email all of them at one time, and urge them to VOTE NO on HB 1684.

fredallen99@comcast.net

sonia.barker@arkansashouse.org

rick.beck@arkansashouse.org

mary.bentley@arkansashouse.org

stan.berry@arkansashouse.org

charles.blake@arkansashouse.org

justin.boyd.pharm.d@gmail.com

kenwbragg@gmail.com

harlan.breaux@arkansashouse.org

karilyn.brown@arkansashouse.org

leanne.burch@arkansashouse.org

sarah.capp@arkansashouse.org

frances.cavenaugh@arkansashouse.org

craigchristiansendistrict47@gmail.com

joe.cloud@arkansashouse.org

nicole.clowney@arkansashouse.org

bruce.coleman@arkansashouse.org

andrew.collins@arkansashouse.org

cameron.cooper@arkansashouse.org

bccci@cablelynx.com

cindy.crawford@arkansashouse.org

carol.dalby@arkansashouse.org

andy.davis@arkansashouse.org

marsh.davis@arkansashouse.org

gary.deffenbaugh@arkansashouse.org

jana.dellarosa@arkansashouse.org

jim.dotson@arkansashouse.org

dan-douglas@sbcglobal.net

les.eaves@arkansashouse.org

jon.eubanks@arkansashouse.org

brian.evans@arkansashouse.org

deborah.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

kenneth.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

david.fielding@arkansashouse.org

charlene.fite@arkansashouse.org

lanny.fite@att.net

vivian.flowers@arkansashouse.org

jack.fortner@arkansashouse.org

denise.garner@arkansashouse.org

mickey.gates@arkansashouse.org

jimmy.gazaway@arkansashouse.org

don.glover@arkansashouse.org

megan.godfrey@arkansashouse.org

justinrory@yahoo.com

michelle.gray@arkansashouse.org

spencer.hawks@arkansashouse.org

dhillman@futura.net

grant.hodges@arkansashouse.org

monte.hodges@arkansashouse.org

mike.holcomb@arkansashouse.org

steve.hollowell@arkansashouse.org

housedouglas@gmail.com

l_jean@sbcglobal.net

joe.jett@arkansashouse.org

lee.johnson@arkansashouse.org

kelly4rep@gmail.com

jackladyman@gmail.com

fjlove@att.net

markdlowery@mac.com

robin.lundstrum@arkansashouse.org

roger.lynch@arkansashouse.org

john.maddox@arkansashouse.org

stephen.magie@arkansashouse.org

julie.mayberry@arkansashouse.org

austin.mccollum@arkansashouse.org

tippi.mccullough@arkansashouse.org

gayla.mckenzie@arkansashouse.org

rmcnair1950@gmail.com

stephen.meeks@arkansashouse.org

josh.miller@arkansashouse.org

rkm_72360@yahoo.com

milton.nicks@arkansashouse.org

john.payton@arkansashouse.org

clint.penzo@arkansashouse.org

mperry@windstream.net

rebecca.petty@arkansashouse.org

aaron.pilkington@arkansashouse.org

jay.richardson@arkansashouse.org

chris.richey@arkansashouse.org

marcus.richmond@arkansashouse.org

laurie.rushing@arkansashouse.org

johnny.rye@arkansashouse.org

jamie.scott@arkansashouse.org

matthew.shepherd@arkansashouse.org

keith.slape@arkansashouse.org

brandt.smith@arkansashouse.org

stu22200@yahoo.com

sorvillo4house@gmail.com

nelda@neldaspeaks.com

dan.sullivan@arkansashouse.org

dwight.tosh@arkansashouse.org

deann.vaught@arkansashouse.org

johnwalkeratty@aol.com

jeff@jeffwardlaw.com

les.warren@arkansashouse.org

danny.watson@arkansashouse.org

david.whitaker@arkansashouse.org

carlton@carltonwing.com

richard@richardwomack.com

wjewooten@aol.com

Stay aware, stay involved, and stay vigilant.

Remember:  eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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