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Tuition Equity Law Now In Use At Oregon State Universities

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The terminology has changed a bit, and so have some of the approaches. 

The people once called "illegal aliens" are now generally called "undocumented immigrants," and laws are being written to accommodate the ones who came to the United States as children. 

That includes an Oregon law that charges in-state tuition for young immigrants at state universities. 

Classes started last week; we catch up on the law and who is using it with the immigrant rights group Causa
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.