Mike Schmidt, principal of Platte Canyon High School, stated, “It would only be right for all students to earn a right to college and not get a special privilege.” Citizens are starting to notice that educational benefits for illegal college students are coming out of their pockets and they are paying for immigrants' college education.

      Some states are refusing to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition fees at colleges, reversing a common trend that was unnoticed. In-state tuition tends to be two or three times less than what out-of-state students would normally pay. In 2006, Georgia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arizona made undocumented students not have an option for in-state tuition rates. In Arizona, the ban came through a voter after legislation was voted by the governor.

      Last year, South Carolina banned “immigrant” students from enrolling in public colleges, and North Carolina moved forward to its community colleges in 2007. Comparing, between 2001 and 2006, three states, California, Kansas, and New York, passed a legislation, awarding in-state tuition rates to undocumented students.

       Roxanne Turnbull thinks that it was unfair that tuition rates were given to immigrants. The controversy is current in California, where a new bill would let undocumented students qualify for financial aid. So tax payers that are already paying for undocumented students in college would possibly pay for health care. 

      With the economic downturn, people want to spare what money they have and not be paying for Immigrant’s College. Without a doubt, one of the biggest concerns for middle-class families right now is how to get their kids through college and how are they are going to pay for it.

       A large portion of middle-class American citizens see this as a real threat to the interests of their own kids and their educational rights. Katie East thinks it would be a good idea to ban all laws confirming illegal immigrants to go to college. With how complicated the issue is there is an old law that says states can't make in-state tuition available for undocumented students unless they do the same for citizens from anywhere in the US.

       California, Kansas, and other states have faced lawsuits believing that they are taking advantage of this federal law. The California case was defeated, but the Kansas case is still in progress. If laws are passed tax payers could do more with their extra money. The economy is going to have an uprising and tax payers will have one less worry on their minds.