When Ivan Morales heard about a Fulton County Superior Court judge’s ruling that would allow immigrant students who have temporary permission to stay in the country to pay in-state tuition at Georgia’s public colleges, he was thrilled.
“Honestly, I couldn’t believe it,” said Ivan Morales, 22, a student at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. “It slowly started sinking in, and I was like, wow this is one of the greatest moments of my life – everything that we had fought so hard for, we actually accomplished.
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