Illegal immigrants less than 1 percent of California college enrollment
Published: Thursday, Apr. 1, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
Eight years after California's Legislature adopted a tuition break to help undocumented immigrants afford college, these students account for 1 percent or less of all students in the state's three higher education systems.
The data come as both Republican candidates for governor are calling for the practice to end, saying the cash-strapped state can't afford to let illegal immigrants attend state-supported colleges at resident rates.
The most recent data from the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges system show:
• At UC's 10-campus system, undocumented students were no more than three-tenths of a percent of 220,000
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