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Georgia Regents Ban Undocumented Students from Selective Public Colleges � Student Activism

Georgia Regents Ban Undocumented Students from Selective Public Colleges � Student Activism

Georgia Regents Ban Undocumented Students from Selective Public Colleges

Georgia’s selective public universities will bar undocumented aliens from admission under a policy adopted by the state’s board of regents today.

The ban applies to all public colleges and universities that do not admit all academically qualified applicants in a given year, and will take effect next fall. Currently five state institutions — the University of Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia College & State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Medical College of