As widespread fears of deportation sweep the state, the number of undocumented immigrant students in California applying for college financial aid has dropped more than 40 percent, new data shows.
"We know the fear is real, and we see it in the numbers," said Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside, who heads the Assembly’s higher education committee, on Wednesday.
With the state’s financial aid deadline approaching, some politicians and advocates now worry that the decision to skip out on tuition aid will send many of the state’s young, educated immigrants back into the shadows, unable to attend college or to launch careers.
Read more at The Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/22/fearing-deportation-californias-dreamers-are-skipping-out-on-financial-aid/