Voters to answer question in 2022 state-wide voter referendum
Voters will decide whether undocumented students that graduate from Arizona high schools, widely known as “Dreamers,” will be eligible to pay in-state tuition at Yavapai Community College and other Arizona colleges and universities.
The Arizona House of Representatives decided to place the question on the 2022 ballot for voter decision. If approved by voters, the referendum would repeal portions of Proposition 300, a 2006 voter-approved ballot question that required the verification of immigration status to access several publicly funded services, including college tuition and financial aid.
The resolution does not need the governor’s signature.
“Dreamers” are young people who have grown up as Americans, identify themselves as Americans, and many speak only English and have no memory of or connection with the country where they were born. Under current immigration law, most “dreamers” have no way to gain legal residency despite living in the United States most of their lives.
Many “Dreamers” did not discover that they were unauthorized immigrants until they were teenagers when they discovered they couldn’t obtain a driver’s license, or complete financial aid forms for college because they didn’t have Social Security numbers.