40% DACA student reduction after AZ court fee ruling

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Enrollment has dropped 40 percent among Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients at the Maricopa Community Colleges after an Arizona Supreme Court ruling earlier this year made them ineligible for in-state tuition...

The bulk of DACA recipients who attend higher-education institutions in Arizona go to community colleges...

Karina Ruiz, the president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition, said the drop isn’t surprising — she feared it may actually be even higher.

"It is a real crisis," she said...

On Sept. 16, 2017, Maricopa Community Colleges had 2,078 lawfully present students, which primarily consists of DACA recipients.

At the same time this year, the colleges had 1,255 lawfully present students, a drop of 39.6 percent...

The ruling effectively tripled tuition costs for students at Maricopa Community Colleges, where in-state students pay $85 per credit, while non-residents pay $327 per credit.