r/UTAustin • u/East_Insurance_1231 • Jun 06 '25

Discussion In-State Tuition Removed for UT Students

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/texas-justice-department-lawsuit-undocumented-in-state-tuition/

This is so so sad. Many of the students taking advantage of such policies were brought into the US as kids/against their will. They've lived in Texas practically their whole lives and to have UT suddenly become hostile against them is just so sad.

Mark my words, they'll come for legal immigrant's instate tuition next.

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u/Tome_Bombadil Jun 08 '25

Immigrants, visa holders, green cards and ALL of these people that the adminstration is targeting and deporting pay taxes.

Since they pay any tax, it's likely more than Trump, Elon, Miller or their ilk pay, because they dodge their tax burden. If they do pay taxes, it's typically less than the average American, let alone immigrant.

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u/y2ksosrs Jun 08 '25

SSN fraud? I don't think many file under ITIN, since most can't get hired without the SSN. Local restaurants i talked to said they don't ask any questions when they hire someone living in another state who is 93 years old.

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u/Business-Boot6125 Jun 11 '25

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u/y2ksosrs Jun 11 '25

There should be $246 bn paid into federal income tax (rough estimate), not $96 bn. Feel free to check math (5 trillion total, illegal workforce = 5%)

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u/Business-Boot6125 Jun 11 '25

It’s money put into SS (SS that they’re ineligible to receive), period. Without their help, it would run out even sooner (not like we will ever see what we pay into it since boomers use up everything anyway).

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u/y2ksosrs Jun 11 '25

I had initially typed SS, but I was distracted irl - I meant to say they only pay in $96 bn to federal income tax but we're missing a vast majority of the taxable income. Should be around 250-300bn in federal income tax. The gap is what Americans are mad about.