Florida lieutenant governor backs off support of in-state tuition for undocumented students
She announced her changed stance on Saturday via her X account, responding to a video posted by state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a South Florida Democrat. The video showed Nuñez in 2014 urging lawmakers to support the bill, which extended in-state tuition prices to undocumented students who attended high school in Florida.
Florida Lt. Gov. Núñez backs off support of in-state tuition for students in country illegally
Núñez was a key player in pushing legislation to allow children of immigrants in the country illegally to pay the same in-state tuition rates for college as other Floridians.
South Florida undocumented students push to keep in-state tuition
Undocumented students in South Florida are fighting to preserve a program that allows them to pay in-state tuition, as state lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis push to repeal the policy. Valeria Maldonado,
Central Florida ‘Dreamers’ protest as legislators debate end to in-state tuition for undocumented students
Silvia Ruiz Villanueva already struggles to pay for coursework toward her associate degree at Seminole State College. But soon her dream could become unaffordable. On Tuesday, legislators in Tallahassee debated (and ultimately passed) a repeal of a law allowing in-state tuition for qualifying undocumented students like Villanueva — commonly referred to as “Dreamers” based on never-passed
Will tuition for ‘dreamers’ undo Florida’s immigration bill?
Ron DeSantis' proposals for immigration legislation in favor of its own version bolstered by President Trump. The legislation includes a repeal of the 2014 law that provides in-state tuition guarantees to Florida residents who live in the nation illegally — one of the few provisions that the governor has backed.
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