Subsidizing College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants is Unfair

The article “Subsidizing College Tuition for Illegal Immigrants is Unfair” explains the reasons why illegal immigrants shouldn’t be allowed to go to college. Focusing their attention in California, the article says that illegal immigrants would get charged less to attend a California public university than any other U.S. citizen who wants to come from another state. Citizens who attend UC for example pay around 4,000 dollars in tuition while out-of-state students pay about three times that for the same education. The article says “becoming illegal he or she can get a huge annual tuition cut of about 11,000 dollars.” Why do illegal immigrants get to pay less when paying less should be a privilege an American citizen should have is the question that gets asked. The article makes a point when it says, “[working families] have taken out a sizable loan to finance their children’s college education and many of whom will never be able to afford to send their children to college- how can we ask them to subsidize the education of those who should not be in our country at all?”
The article makes very good points but I think of it this way. Why do we provide ramps for those who are handicapped? We know that they cannot go up the steps easily so going on the ramp provides an easier and more helpful way of going up the stairs. It’s the same for illegal immigrants. They cannot make it to the top without help. We know their families make less money than an American who works here so they need this to afford a college education. This subsiding tuition costs acts like a ramp. It’s a help to get to the top. By not doing this, we should make all handicapped people walk up the stairs like every other person.