Missouri’s colleges aren’t knowingly enrolling undocumented immigrants, said James Kellerman, executive director of the Missouri Community Colleges Association. But it’s possible they may nonetheless be admitting some undocumented immigrants, he said.
“As an open admission institution, anyone who shows up with a high school diploma from an accredited high school, we admit,” Kellerman said. “We don’t profile them because their name is Gonzales or they have a Spanish-sounding name.”
State Rep. Jeff Roorda, D-Barnhart, contended the “hate-mongering legislation” was being driven by concerns about undocumented immigrants crossing the Mexico-United States border. But he said the real effect would fall upon immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East who stay in the United States to continue their education after their student visas have expired.
Such students would be “stuck in this net of hatred we’ve woven for our neighbors from the South,” Roorda said.
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