Florida State Senator Randy Fine has introduced legislation that would prohibit certain public universities from admitting students who are undocumented immigrants. The initiative comes on the same week as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced broader efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and called for a special legislative session to emphasize support for President-elect Donald Trump's promised crackdown.
Fine filed a similar bill (SB 90) last session, which would have only banned in-state tuition for undocumented students, but the bill did not pass then. The new iteration (SB 244) adds that undocumented students would also be barred from the state's most competitive universities. According to the bill, that's any Florida College System institution or a state university with an acceptance rate lower than 85%.
