Florida Board Approves Rule Blocking Illegal Aliens From Some Universities
“a person who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for initial enrollment”
This should have been policy in all fifty states for years now.
Campus Reform reports:
Florida Board of Governors bars illegal immigrants from enrollment at select public universities
Florida’s Board of Governors unanimously approved a rule Sept. 3 that will bar illegal immigrants from initially enrolling at certain public universities beginning with the 2027-28 academic year.
The amended admissions regulation applies to state universities that, during the previous two academic years, did not admit all academically qualified applicants because of limited capacity. The rule states that “a person who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible for initial enrollment” at those institutions.
The Board of Governors oversees Florida’s 12 public universities and held its Sept. 2-3 meeting at Florida Gulf Coast University.
The restriction does not amount to a blanket enrollment ban at every public university. Under the regulation, it applies specifically to universities that failed to admit all academically qualified applicants during the two preceding academic years, except when applicants were denied for nonacademic reasons.
Students already enrolled are not covered by the restriction on “initial enrollment.”
The Higher Ed Immigration Portal estimates that 60,065 undocumented students attend higher education institutions throughout Florida. That figure includes students across the state’s higher education sector and does not represent the number who will necessarily be affected by the Board of Governors’ rule. The American Immigration Council similarly lists approximately 60,065 undocumented college students in Florida.
The new regulation places Florida alongside several states that restrict enrollment by students who are not lawfully present in the United States at some or all public higher education institutions.
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