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By no mean of stereotyping students, generally undocumented students are hard working, determined, and want to contribute to their family especially through education.

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We should do whatever it takes to better their chances of secondary education because higher education helps breaks cycles of poverty and crime

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By educating Undocumented students, we are bettering their chances of becoming well off tax paying citizens

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The average income for an undocumented family in the US is barely over $35,000.

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how states like California and Texas are able to provide state financial aid to all their college Dreamers.

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"You do not have a social security number. We are undocumented."

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More than 20 states offer in-state tuition policies, and five of those states provide state financial aid to undocumented college students.

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Dreamers come from predominantly low-income families.

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the main question these students asked me was if they qualified for any financial aid.

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However, all state DREAM Acts are different and are not synonymous with DACA, which is a policy that was created in 2012 by President Obama to grant deferred deportation to those under 31 years of age who came to the U.S. when they were younger than 16.

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but rather, "it raises the percentage of high school graduates who pursue a college degree."

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Based on the laws passed by these states, there is a general consensus that the state does not "lose revenue from the number of students who would otherwise pay out-of-state tuition,"

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Currently, the majority of schools charge undocumented students out-of-state tuition

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There are roughly 11.2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, with 2.1 million potentially eligible for the most recently proposed federal DREAM Act.

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Only 7,000-13,000 undocumented students are enrolled in college in the United States.