Chancellor Quiet On Undocumented Students | Georgia Public Broadcasting

ATLANTA — Chancellor Hank Huckaby, head of the University System of Georgia, had planned to discuss a controversial policy on undocumented students attending state colleges, but decided against it because of a newly-filed lawsuit on the issue.

Huckaby told undocumented students earlier this year that he would address the policy at the August Board of Regents meeting scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. The rule bans them from Georgia’s top five colleges and forces them to pay out-of-state tuition at the rest.

A group of undocumented students rallied Tuesday against the policy outside the Regents’ headquarters in downtown Atlanta. They say the rule conflicts with a 2012 executive order from President Barack Obama that gives them temporary lawful presence. Several undocumented students signed on as plaintiffs in a lawsuit about the issue, which was filed earlier this month.

Huckaby said that lawsuit changed everything.

“I was going to make some comments about it and now I’m not,” stated Huckaby, who said he cannot address anything that is in litigation.

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