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Law has led to benefit denials for immigrants

The Tucson Citizen

PHOENIX - Twelve percent of applicants for publicly funded adult education classes in Arizona were denied admission into basic English, reading and other courses because they couldn't prove they were in the country legally, according to a report on a new state law targeting illegal immigrants.

The law, approved overwhelmingly by voters in November, bars illegal immigrants from state-funded adult education and family literacy classes, child-care subsidies and cheaper in-state tuition at public colleges. It also requires officials to produce reports documenting the number of denials.

The reports, obtained by The Associated Press, reveal a modest number of denials from several agencies and paint a picture of some officials struggling to carry out the new rules in the first six months the law was in effect.

Posted by Editor at July 12, 2007 09:44 AM

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