Dozens protest measure to ban illegal immigrants from Georgia’s public colleges

Dozens gathered in front of the state Capitol Tuesday to protest legislation that would ban illegal immigrants from all of the state’s public colleges and universities.

Undocumented high school senior Elizabeth Garibay was brought to the U.S. by her parents when she was five years old. Garibay lives in Athens, takes AP classes and until recently dreamed of attending college in Georgia. She says the measure banning undocumented students from the state’s colleges and universities is unfair and unjust.

“It resonates with people like me as an indication that we will never be good enough and that we will always be second rate. It indicates that even if we had a 4.0 GPA I couldn’t dream of getting into community college. Even if I had all the money in the world to pay tuition with I would be turned away.”