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Affordable College Options Narrow For Missouri's Undocumented Immigrants

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Four high school seniors in Kansas City, Missouri, recently applied for a near full-ride at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. (Kyle Palmer/KCUR)
Four high school seniors in Kansas City, Missouri, recently applied for a near full-ride at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. (Kyle Palmer/KCUR)

Thousands of high school seniors around the country are trying to make a decision on where they will attend college next year. That can be tough enough, but undocumented students in Missouri face additional challenges.

A recent law change in Missouri means undocumented immigrants - even students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status - will be charged the out-of-state tuition rate at Missouri's public colleges and universities. Kyle Palmer from Here & Now contributor KCUR in Kansas City reports.

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This segment aired on March 21, 2016.

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