Via Chronicle. It turns out that thanks to Proposition 300, some anti-illegal immigrant legislation, has kept nearly 4,000 students from receiving in-state tuition. In order to get in-state tuition, you need to prove that you are a U.S. citizen, according to the new law.

It seems doubtful that Arizona has thousands of illegal immigrants who are clamoring to get cheap (ha!) educations at community colleges. What this shows is that such xenophobic legislation is actually also harmful to citizens. Requiring everyone to produce proper documentation for everything we do is a bit, um, fascist.

The counter campaign is to inform students that even if students are illegal immigrants they can still attend college -- the just pay a lot more. Awesome. At least we're making a buck off the illegals.