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Florida's State Board of Education voted Tuesday to move forward with a policy barring illegal immigrants from being admitted to the state's public colleges, marking the latest effort by state leaders to tighten immigration rules in higher education.The board voted 6-1 to make the Sunshine State’s 28 state colleges inaccessible to illegal immigrants, as well as the state’s adult education programs.The Orlando Sentinel reported that the only vote against the measure was from member Daniel Foganholi, who the outlet said was a first-generation American born to immigrants from Brazil.LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORTFlorida Gov.Ron DeSantis has supported efforts to restrict admission to Florida's public colleges for illegal immigrants.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)But the state board said they did have the authority to implement the rule, citing Florida statutes that pave the way to allow it to create admission criteria, the Sentinel noted.Higher Ed Drive reported Thursday that in 2023, the state was home to approximately 50,000 illegal immigrant students, according to the American Immigration Council.Last year, Florida ended a program that let illegal immigrant students under DACA pay in-state tuition.The Orlando Sentinel identified Alex Liberman, one of over 50 people who shared their opinion during public comment, who said that, "Education is not meant to be a policing system for immigrants."LIBERAL FACULTY STILL HUGELY OUTNUMBER CONSERVATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: REPORTThe interior of a school classroom with wooden desks, student backpacks hanging on chairs, a blackboard and whiteboard in the front, windows letting in bright natural sunlight.(Getty Images)Virginia Bolton, a student at Florida International University, called in to voice her disapproval."I’m calling to express my utmost disgust and concern," Bolton said.
"These items are not only cruel, vague and hypocritical of what the Department of Education...