“University System of New Hampshire schools are not verifying U.S. citizenship of students signing affidavits required by law to get the in-state tuition rate,” the New Hampshire Union Leader reports:
Every student admitted to a state university or college since 2013 has had to sign an affidavit swearing he or she is a legal U.S. resident in order to qualify for the in-state tuition rate. But the system doesn’t verify their immigration status.
“USNH institutions do not have the capability to review and determine a student’s status under the federal immigration laws and regulations,” Erika Mantz, director of media relations at the University of New Hampshire, said in a statement.
Rep. Rick Ladd, R-Haverhill, who worked on a recently passed House bill to make it legal for illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition, said he was surprised.
“Wouldn’t you think there’d be a process the university has to enforce or verify? I would,” Ladd said Saturday after the New Hampshire Sunday News highlighted the verification issue.
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