I'll bet more of those aliens are headed for Oregon to get an education. Here's an interesting storey about illegal aliens getting discounts on college tuition.
Despite worst budget crisis in decades, Oregon Legislature Mulls Subsidizing Tuition for Illegal Aliens ... A bill pending in the Oregon Legislature would allow illegal aliens them to pay in-state tuition under some circumstances. The bill has passed the Senate and seems to have a chance of approval by the Republican-controlled House. Supported by many Democrats and Republicans, it is recognition of the growing importance of Oregon's Hispanic voting bloc. "Republicans and Democrats are trying to get the Latino community to support their parties,” said one political analyst. California, New York, Texas and Utah have passed bills that let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition and at least 18 other states are considering similar proposals. The Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.-based economic and social policy research group, estimates that nationally there are between 50,000 and 65,000 college-bound high school graduates who are undocumented. Under a provision of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, states can't offer in-state tuition to illegal residents unless they also offer it to all legal residents, regardless of what state they come from. California, Texas, New York and Utah have gotten around the law by basing their in-state tuition policies for undocumented students on whether they graduated from an in-state school after a certain number of years' attendance, instead of on traditional resident requirements. But anti-immigration groups are preparing lawsuits in California, claiming that the immigration act has been violated. – Seattle Post Intellegencer, May 3, 2003
