Students Protest Georgia’s Admissions Ban! Undocumented and Documented Students Hold Integrated Class at the University of Georgia on its 54th Anniversary of Desegregation
On January 9, 2015, on the 54th anniversary of the racial desegregation of the University of Georgia (UGA), undocumented immigrant students protested Georgia’s ban on their enrollment in the state’s top five public universities. Undocumented students held an integrated class with their documented student peers on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, taught by social justice educators and participants of the African American Civil Rights Movement. Under Georgia Board of Regents’ Policy 4.1.6 and Policy 4.3.4, which were implemented in 2011, undocumented students are banned from the top five public universities in Georgia and prohibited from qualifying for in-state tuition. Georgia is one of only three states – including Alabama and South Carolina – to institute an admissions ban against undocumented students in public higher education.
KJ