AN ACT relating to immigrants.

Amend KRS 164.020 to provide that no alien illegally present in the United States shall be classified as having Kentucky residency for the purpose of public postsecondary education institution tuition; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to obtain and collect from each public postsecondary education institution immigration data on the institution's students and report the data to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms;…

Introduced: February 5, 2025

Last action: February 7, 2025

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This bill would prevent people who are in the United States without legal immigration status from being classified as Kentucky residents for tuition purposes at public colleges and universities. It would also require those schools to collect student immigration data and share it with federal immigration enforcement, ban so-called sanctuary policies at public campuses, and allow lawsuits against schools if an undocumented student is enrolled and later commits a violent crime. Who it may affect: students without legal immigration status attending or seeking to attend Kentucky public colleges and universities, and administrators and staff at those institutions.

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