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Some budget gains for immigrants

Children of parents in this country illegally will be able to pay in state UW tuition, under a provision of the budget signed by Governor Jim Doyle Monday. “Unquestionably it’s a step forward and opens the doors of educational opportunity for those students,” said Christine Neuman Ortiz is with Voces de la Frontera. And it’s a benefit to the state as a whole, as part of a broader strategy to make education more accessible.”