State Senator Lloyd Smucker (R-West Lampeter), has introduced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrant youth who complete high school in Pennsylvania to be eligible for in-state tuition rates at state colleges.
"This has the potential to expand the pool of skilled workers and prospective job creators," said Smucker, who modeled his legislation on Maryland's Dream Act, which offers subsidized tuition to undocumented youth who were brought to the United States as young children. "We limit our capacity to grow," Smucker added, "if we deny opportunities to ... industrious young people because of action their parents took years ago."
