By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Daily Star
Insisting they’re not here legally, an attorney for the state asked the Court of Appeals late Wednesday to rule that “dreamers” are not eligible for the same lower tuition at colleges and universities charged to legal Arizona residents.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie Cooper acknowledged that the Obama administration, in creating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012, agreed to let those who qualify remain in the country without fear of deportation. DACA recipients also are entitled to hold employment.
But in her legal filings, Cooper pointed out that Arizonans approved Proposition 300 in 2006.
