Texas Non-Profits Form Mutual Funds to Pay College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
“The repeal of the Texas DREAM Act has left roughly 20,000 undocumented students in Texas in limbo”
They’re doing this because Texas has said that illegal immigrants can no longer get in-state tuition rates. Why is the left so obsessed with making life easier for people in the country illegally?
The College Fix reports:
Texas groups form mutual aid funds for illegal immigrants after in-state tuition repeal
Several Texas nonprofits have formed mutual aid funds for illegal immigrant students after a federal judge struck down a state law allowing them to receive in-state tuition.
Students Engaged in Advancing Texas and Texas Students for DEI recently established an emergency fund called Keeping the Texas Dream, according to The Daily Texan.
“The repeal of the Texas DREAM Act has left roughly 20,000 undocumented students in Texas in limbo, effectively punishing them for simply daring to pursue their dreams and lift up themselves, their families, and their communities,” the initiative’s donation page states.
“With the help of Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT), Texas Students for DEI (TXS4DEI) is launching a mutual aid fund to provide relief to undocumented students facing looming registration deadlines for fall 2025,” it states.
SEAT leader Hayden Cohen told the outlet the funding will not cover all tuition expenses for illegal immigrant students. Rather, the group aims to reduce the cost to roughly that of in-state tuition.
“We know many students were going through the summer and had already applied in early classes,” Cohen said.
Students were surprised to learn that despite securing aid to cover in-state tuition through a loan, scholarship, or other means, they were instead charged out-of-state rates, which can add about $15,000 per year. The fund was created to help bridge that gap, Cohen said.
SEAT and TXS4DEI aren’t the only ones looking to help illegal immigrants pay for their education.
On Aug. 3, a coalition of immigrant University of Texas at Austin students and alumni called Rooted began accepting applications for its financial assistance program. Like Keeping the Texas Dream, the initiative seeks to lower tuition costs for illegal immigrants.
“The Rooted Financial Assistance Program provides financial assistance to immigrant students at UT Austin who have an immediate, unexpected expense due to circumstances beyond their control,” the organization’s website states.
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What a travesty.
Charitable organizations forced to spend their voluntary donor’s money to fund their charitable works rather than being able to coerce taxpayers into funding it under threat of government violence.
How are they ever going to be able to pay the six figure salaries of all their ivy league “[fill in the blank] Studies” degreed executives?
The left has declared war upon all native born Americans.
Pleez, pleez, Br’er Fox! Don’t let me give my own money to lawbreakers instead of letting my family (or cats) enjoy it!
Cool. They’re nonprofit organizations right? Which means the Texas AG has oversight. Subpoena their records. Get addresses and bank accounts. Seize the funds. Deport the intended recipients.
Oversight, not control. He can’t just steal the money because he wants to. They’re not breaking any law, and they’re entitled to use the money however they think is right, consistent with their bylaws.
Let’s not forget all the federal hoops and oversight for financial and investment companies. What do you think the odds are that they will be compliant with all those requirements?
What hoops or oversight? The only paperwork is to protect investors from fraud. These are not-for-profits so there are no investors and no one is expecting a dividend, so what kind of paperwork do you expect there to be? Just the basic “We’re not stealing the money” stuff, which I’m 99% sure they are complying with because there’s no reason to suppose they aren’t.
It would be interesting to find out the contributors and donors to TXS4DEI and SEAT.