California’s higher education officials say they are seeing a “troubling and sustained decline” in completion rates of the California Dream Act Application (CADAA), a state-based program that provides financial assistance to immigrant students without permanent legal status and students from mixed-status families.
The trend, said Niki Kangas, spokesperson for the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC), suggests “that undocumented students and mixed-status families are weighing if it’s safe to apply for financial aid and go to college.”
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“When students have to weigh their financial and educational futures against the safety of their families, we’re facing a college access crisis that further deepens inequities for immigrant-origin families,” she said during a May 7 news briefing.
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