The downside to this new policy is that undocumented students are to continue to pay out-of-state tuition.

The next method, access/high cost, allows for any undocumented student to enter into the community college system, but they must pay out-of-state tuition.

His family took out a loan to pay out-of-state tuition and room and board for his first year.

"I just don't know if we could afford out-of-state tuition," the woman said in response to some of Kendall's recommendations.

"We still think the out-of-state tuition would be competitive with other schools in the Northeast."

He added that no one knows how high the out-of-state tuition might rise.

Federal law also sets a standard for state schools that imposes higher, out-of-state tuition on such students.

Other state universities will take undocumented students as international students, charging out-of-state tuition.

Most of the other states make undocumented students pay out-of-state tuition, which is at least three times more than in-state.

However, some students paying out-of-state tuition have filed lawsuits in these states, claiming state education officials violated this federal law.