Aranda-Yanoc said the bills under consideration could help thousands of students in the state. About 38,000 young immigrants in Virginia might be eligible for deferred action, officials estimate.
Allowing such students to pay in-state college tuition in Virginia would have little if any financial impact on the commonwealth, according to an analysis of the legislation by the state Department of Planning and Budgeting.
Lopez believes that the bills would be helpful for undocumented students and a huge step for the immigrant population as a whole.
“It doesn’t make moral and … economic sense for us to be investing in these children’s education and having these incredible students not be able to continue their education,” he said.
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