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Liberal California lawmakers slammed for proposing students in Mexico receive in-state college tuition
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El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells pushed back on a bill that would allow Mexican students living near the U.S. border to pay in-state community college tuition.
"27% of the people that live in my town are Hispanic, and they're asking me to make sure that we have low crime and good parks and safe streets. They don't want me to be giving in-state tuition to people that live in other countries, foreign nationals, whether they be from Mexico or Ireland… people want us to be taking care of their kids and their community," Wells said. Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant with Fox News.
San Diego Assemblymember David Alvarez introduced the legislation that would allow low-income students who live within 45 miles of the state’s border with Mexico to be exempt from the nonresident tuition fee if they have "demonstrated a financial need for the exemption."