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Undocumented students in the state of Maine now have access to in-state tuition discounts which save students in the state an average of $12,000 per year. According to a spokesperson from the University of Maine, only undocumented students who have obtained temporary protections from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)program that began in 2013 are eligible for in-state tuition benefits.

According to the report, 429 undocumented students in the state of Maine have received temporary social security numbers, work permits, and protection from deportation under DACA. So far, 13 undocumented students enrolled at state institutions throughout the state had chosen to disclose their DACA status to administrators.

The admissions process at Maine colleges does not askfor the immigration status of applicants but does ask for financial information on the applicants parents in order to calculate a students eligibility for financial aid. According to the report, non-U.S. citizens are generally not eligible for federal financial aid.

The report in the Bangor Daily News profiles student Fernando Martinez, whose family fled El Salvador when he was four years old. Martinez became one of the first students under the federal program to receive in-state tuition in Maine. Martinez claimed that he was grateful for the system becausehis status as an illegal immigrant prevents him from applying for federal college loans.

This is such a great thing, he said. It only makes sense there are so many kids who would love to get this.

Tom Ciccotta is a libertarian who writes about economics and higher education for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter@tciccottaor email him at tciccotta@breitbart.com

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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and several House Democrats asked Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday to remove Kris W. Kobach as vice chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity and to cancel the requests made last month for states to turn over voter information.

The pressure comes after several lawsuits have been filed against the commission, alleging it violated federal law after asking states to turn over names, partial Social Security numbers, birthdays, political party affiliations, military status and other public information. The commission has stopped gathering the data until a judge resolves the matter.

In an 11-page letter sent to Mr. Pence, the lawmakers alleged Mr. Kobach may have violated the Hatch Act by touting his position on the commission in furtherance of his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. The Hatch Act forbids executive branch employees from using their positions to influence an election.

Mr. Kobachs partisan activity and his recent sanctions for dishonesty before a court of law cast a shadow over the Commission and undermine its integrity, the lawmakers wrote. Mr. Kobach should step down as Vice-Chair and be replaced with an individual who can be trusted to ensure that the Commission operates in a bipartisan manner to protect voter information and to protect the right of Americans to vote.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Common Cause and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law all have lawsuits pending against the commission, hoping to prevent it from collecting the information.

The lawmakers asked Mr. Pence to address questions and speculation about the commission at its next meeting on July 19.

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Pence pressured by CBC, Dems to remove Kris Kobach from election integrity commission - Washington Times

An act in three parts, featuring Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), played out on Twitter over the last few days.

VP Pence went first, posting a video of himself on Friday speaking about the (now dead) Senate health-care bill.

Let me be clear: The Senate health-care bill strengthens and secures Medicaid for the neediest in our society. #BetterCare pic.twitter.com/rThIZtB9zi

The next day, Sen. Murphy quote-tweeted Pence's video and said that there was a "real evil in the epidemic rate of lying" that is currently happening in Washington.

I'm going to say it - there is real evil in the epidemic rate of lying that is going on right now. This is not normal. https://t.co/ifkV1GWAUH

To which Pence replied on Monday that the current Obamacare law contained quite a bit of lies and half-truths as well--namely, the 2013 PolitiFact Lie of the Year of "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." For good measure, Pence also included the Pinocchio emoji of a face with a growing nose.

You mean like, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."? ?? https://t.co/GUpFKhe7pz

Daaaaaaaaang.

While not quite admitting defeat, Murphy then thanked Pence for the reply, and claimed that pointing out that others lied too "isn't a defense." (Although one could say it's at least progress now that Democrats are admitting that people lied during the leadup to the passage of Obamacare.)

Thanks for the reply, but claiming someone else lied too isn't a defense. The bill does not "secure Medicaid". I'm confident you know this. https://t.co/0OqkijAaK7

Who knew VP Pence could be that intense on Twitter?

Even The New York Times Noticed the Dems' Obstructionism

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In a little more than 15 years, the United States went from launching its first satellites (Explorer 1 and Vanguard 1 in 1958) to putting men in space, then on the moon, then to landing a spacecraft safely on Mars (Viking in 1976).

Think about that for a minute: People who had gone west in covered wagons on the Oregon Trail as children were still alive when the United States launched those satellites.

People born in 1869, when the last member of Lewis and Clark expedition was still alive, were watching Americans walk on the moon.

People born in the horse-and-buggy era lived to see America land an unmanned spacecraft on Mars.

Those were heady days for our country and anxious ones, too.

Perhaps America is ready to resume its place as the world leader in space exploration. Lets hope so.

Earlier this month, Vice President Mike Pence visited NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida and in doing so highlighted the next step the Orion spacecraft and its launch counterpart, the SLS, or Space Launch System, which will be the worlds most powerful rocket. This combination has the potential to take astronauts back to the moon, then to Mars and perhaps to asteroids.

Let us do what our nation has always done since its very founding and beyond: Weve pushed the boundaries on frontiers, not just of territory, but of knowledge. Weve blazed new trails, and weve astonished the world as weve boldly grasped our future without fear, Pence said. We will put American boots on the face of Mars.

It had echoes of the promises and potential of the dawning of the Space Age.

The first flight of the integrated Orion/Space Launch System is scheduled for 2019, which would be a fitting way to recognize the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

Explorer 1 burned up on re-entry a few years after launch, but Vanguard is still up there the oldest man-made object in space. Neil Armstrongs footprints are still there, and Viking is still on the Martian surface, waiting for another generation of explorers to rediscover it, perhaps even to bring it home and put it in the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum, alongside Apollo 11, Friendship 7, Bell X-1, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Wright Flyer, and other milestones of air and space.

The late astronaut Eugene Cernan, who as part of the crew of Apollo 17 became the last man to walk on the moon, consistently challenged us to push forward in space.

After Apollo 17, America stopped looking toward the next horizon, he once said. The United States had become a spacefaring nation, but threw it away.

Its time we become a spacefaring people once again.

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Who was at the meeting?

Paul

Manafort

Former campaign

manager

Donald

Trump Jr.

Eldest son

Jared

Kushner

Son-in-law,

senior adviser

Natalia

Veselnitskaya

Russian

lawyer

Anatoli

Samochornov

Translator

Rinat

Akhmetshin

Russian-American

lobbyist

Irakly Kaveladze

Associate of

Russian

businessman

Rob

Goldstone

Music producer,

publicist

Paul

Manafort

Former

campaign

manager

Jared

Kushner

Son-in-law,

senior adviser

Donald

Trump Jr.

Eldest son

Rob

Goldstone

Music producer,

publicist

Natalia

Veselnitskaya

Russian

lawyer

Anatoli

Samochornov

Translator

Rinat

Akhmetshin

Russian-American

lobbyist

Irakly Kaveladze

Associate

of Russian

businessman

Donald

Trump Jr.

Presidents

eldest son

Jared

Kushner

Son-in-law,

senior adviser

Paul

Manafort

Former

campaign

manager

Rob Goldstone

Music producer,

publicist

Natalia

Veselnitskaya

Russian lawyer

Anatoli

Samochornov

Translator

Rinat

Akhmetshin

Russian-

American lobbyist

Irakly Kaveladze

Associate

of Russian

businessman

The meeting was set up over a series of emails between Donald Trump Jr. and Rob Goldstone, a music producer and publicist.

Mr. Goldstone offered potentially damaging information about Hillary Clinton that he said was part of Russia and its governments support for Mr. Trump.

Donald Trump Jr. responded within minutes. He gave no indication that he was surprised or disturbed by the provenance of the promised material or the notion that it was part of a continuing effort by the Russian government to aid his fathers campaign. If its what you say I love it especially later in the summer, he wrote.

Worked on

Miss Universe

in Moscow

Aras Agalarov

Russian

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