Oregon Immigrant Students Without Legal Status Will Not be Allowed to Receive Federal Education Funding
Oregon college and university students without permanent legal status will no longer be allowed access to some federally funded programs that help disadvantaged students earn degrees.
U.S. Department of Education Describes Funding as An Entitlement
A news release by officials from the U.S. Department of Education described the funding programs as ‘entitlements’ that should no longer be spent on students facing deportation.
The department has rescinded a Biden-era concession granted to Oregon students in 2023 allowing universities and colleges to waive citizenship requirements so that students can access eight federal TRIO programs.
The programs fund students with disabilities, students from low-income families, first-generation college students, foster children, and veterans, to obtain a college education.
More Than 12,000 Students Received Funding Last Year
Since 2023, Oregon has received about $17.5 million annually to administer TRIO, providing admissions, counseling, remedial coursework, tutoring, and financial planning. Last year, more than 12,000 high school and college students received TRIO funding.
However, fewer than 2%, or 1,700, Oregon college students do not have legal status, according to a report by the President’s Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.
In July last year, the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reported that immigrants without permanent legal status contributed $100 billion in federal, state, and local taxes to America every year. The ITEP is a nonprofit and nonpartisan tax policy organization.
President Donald Trump Spends $3.5 Million in Taxpayer Money for Trips to His Private Palm Beach Resort
In 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported that President Donald Trump spent an estimated $3.4 million of taxpayer money for every trip to Mar-a-Lago, his private Palm Beach resort.
The President has made seven trips to Mar-a-Lago since January, amounting to $23 million, well over the $17.5 million that Oregon receives for administering TRIO education programs.
Please do an article on what other countries give Americans a free education, social services, free medical, etc., when their citizens cannot afford their own.