Gender Studies Professor Shannon Speed co-authors article in Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Georgia’s ban on undocumented college students
Georgia bars immigrants without legal status — even if those young people attend Georgia k-12 schools all their lives and graduate at the top of their high school class — from enrolling at some of the state’s top universities and paying in-state tuition at others. The affected students and their allies have sued Georgia’s Board of Regents, lobbied at the state Capitol and staged acts of civil disobedience without success.See full article