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Now, I don't know how I feel on this. On one thing, it would suck if he gets resident tuition. But thinking about it, what does it take to actually get resident tuition? Usually you have to live/work in the state for a year to get that. If he's been there for 3 years, then he's already met that, since somebody had to be working to provide him with food, clothing, etc.
He's not paying income tax. That's true and a good argument against it and I could see denying it based on that alone. But what of people at the poverty line? They do not pay taxes per say, and in fact cost the government money in the forms of housing assistance or welfare checks. Do they deserve to go to school on resident tuition after not paying for it? Of course they do.
Now he didn't apply to live in this country, is undocumented, isn't tapped to serve jury duty, etc. Sure he didn't fill out his selective service form, so yeah, that should disqualify him, since it would disqualify everyone else. But the whole documentation thing, I don't know. I never had to fill out a form to get everything that I've gotten, I never had to prove my loyalty, it was just assumed since I was lucky enough to be born here. On the one hand, I'm all for starting out equally, on the other, I'm for following our laws. I'm still leaning towards resident tuition, but it's not a clear answer to me.
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