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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Why do Californians have to pay for illegal aliens college tuition ?! 👎



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https://retirement.media/california-hands-college-money-to-illegal-aliens-while-citizens-drain-retirement-accounts/ 

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California Hands College Money to Illegal Aliens While Citizens Drain Retirement Accounts – Retirement Media –

The question is why a person with no legal right to remain in the United States has any claim on California taxpayers for a bachelor’s degree. 


At the University of California alone, undocumented AB 540 students received $30 million in Cal Grants and another $49 million in UC-funded need-based aid in 2022-23. That is $79 million in two categories at one system, as Jon Fleischman laid out. 

Some of that aid covers tuition. Some of it can cover rent, food, transportation, and books. Meanwhile middle-class California families stare at bills north of $45,000 a year and get told they make too much to matter..."