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Governor Deval Patrick has decided against taking action to allow illegal immigrants to pay resident tuition and fees at state colleges and universities this fall, an administration official said yesterday, crushing advocates who were counting on the governor to deliver on a pledge to support the students.
Earlier this year, Patrick said he was considering ways to offer illegal immigrants in-state rates, such as issuing a regulation, adding that it would be “the right thing to do.”
The governor declined to comment yesterday, but an administration source who spoke on condition of anonymity said Patrick decided that there were “significant legal impediments” to that approach. The governor will still support legislation on the matter, but on Beacon Hill the issue is widely viewed as dead this session.”*
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