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2005-2006 NEA Resolutions
Resolutions Related to
Higher Education
B-19. Education of Refugee and Undocumented Children and Children of Undocumented Immigrants
The National Education Association believes that, regardless of the immigration status of students or their parents, every student has the right to a free public education in an environment free from harassment. The Association supports access to higher education for undocumented students and access to financial aid and in-state tuition to state colleges and universities in the state where they reside. The Association also believes that the determination of legal residency status is the responsibility of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, not of educational systems or their employees.
The Association further believes that students who have resided in the United States for at least five years at the time of high school graduation should be granted amnesty by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, granted legal residency status, and allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship, and that legalization not be used as an incentive for or be dependent on military service. (1980, 2005)
NOTE: Figures in parentheses represent the years when
the resolution was first adopted and last amended or reviewed.
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