Donors cut off millions to Florida colleges after Florida ends in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Donors cut off millions to Florida colleges after Florida ends in-state tuition for illegal aliens
University of Florida

“Two prominent Florida donors recently severed ties with Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and other institutions after the state stopped offering in-state tuition prices to illegal immigrants,” reports The College Fix:

Miguel “Mike” Fernandez, a prominent South Florida philanthropist, withdrew $10 million from Miami Dade College and $1 million from Florida International University, saying the institutions should provide opportunities for all students…

“I cannot remain silent while thousands of Florida’s young residents are excluded from the opportunity to experience higher education,” Fernandez, an immigrant from Cuba, wrote in a letter to Florida International….

Fernandez wrote that his donation will remain suspended “until there is a reversal of the recent policy in Florida that has increased tuition for children of undocumented immigrants by over 250 percent.”….

Months prior, TheDream.US, a private scholarship program for illegal immigrants co-founded by the Secretary of Commerce to President H.W. Bush Carlos Gutierrez, also cut scholarships to eight universities, including Florida International, affecting over 600 students….Like Fernandez, TheDream also stated that it would withhold future donations if the schools continued denying in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.

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