Students push in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants

BOSTON – With legislation that would give undocumented immigrants in-state tuition rates approaching its tenth month in committee, members of a student group supporting the move piled into Rep. Tom Sannicandro's office Thursday, calling on the co-chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education to schedule the bill for a vote.

Wearing graduation robes and mortarboards, nearly 30 members of The Student Immigration Movement packed into the Ashland Democrat's State House office and shared stories with staffers about their struggles seeking higher education and called for a vote by next week, before the next legislative recess begins. The bill would lower the costs of attending state schools, including the University of Massachusetts, for undocumented immigrants who meet certain conditions.