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Arizona colleges move to extend tuition rate for immigrants

The Board of Regents is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to eliminate a requirement for students to be enrolled in the DACA program.

PHOENIX — (AP) — Arizona universities are moving to expand access to a tuition rate paid by immigrants living in the country illegally.

The Board of Regents is scheduled to decide Thursday whether to eliminate a requirement for students to be enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in order to qualify for the special rate.

Graduates of Arizona high schools who can't prove they're legally in the country pay 50 percent more than their in-state classmates, but less than the out-of-state tuition rate.

Board of Regents officials say that rate covers the cost of education with no state subsidy. They say the change is needed because President Donald Trump's administration has stopped enrolling new people in the DACA program, which shields some young people from deportation.

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