The Boston Globe reported today that Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA) will direct state colleges and universities to permit illegal immigrants to pay resident in-state tuition and fees when they obtain work permits through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) federal program.
DACA is a federal program enacted in June that allows undocumented immigrants aged 30 or younger, who arrived to the US before age 16, to obtain work permits and to avoid deportation for two years. The applicants must meet other requirements to be approved through DACA. The fee is $465.
DACA did not require states to provide in-state tuition to illegal immigrants - President Obama left that as a decision to be made by individual states.
Gov. Patrick will send his directive to the Board of Higher Education today, with the change to take place immediately.
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