http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/immigration_law PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/23903 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/23903 January 27, 2008<br />Arizona Law Takes a Toll on Nonresident Students<br />By JESSE McKINLEY<p>PHOENIX - When Marco Carrillo, a naturalized American and a high school valedictorian, went to meet with his college counselor, her major worry about his future had little to do with his SAT scores or essay or extracurricular activities.</p><p>It had to do with his citizenship.</p><p>&quot;The very first question she asked me was whether I was a legal resident here,&quot; said Mr. Carrillo, 20, now an electrical engineering student at Arizona State University in Tempe. &quot;And I said, &lsquo;Yeah, I am.' And she said, &lsquo;Oh good, that makes things easier.' &quot;</p><p>Such questions have become commonplace in Arizona, where voters passed a 2006 referendum, Proposition 300, that forbids college students who cannot prove they are legal residents from receiving state financial assistance.</p><p>One of several recent immigration statutes passed by Arizona voters and legislators frustrated by federal inaction, the law also prohibits in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. Administrators at several campuses fear that the provision has priced some out of their classes, particularly at the state's popular community colleges.</p>