The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has responded to the end of in-state tuition rates for DACA recipients.

This summer, Amber Mora is continuing her education at UTRGV. She's one of the first in her family to go to college.

Mora said she has a mixed status family and believes education has helped them plant roots in Texas.

"At the end of the day, they're not here in a bad way. They're just here they want to get their education," Mora said.

She believes the end of in-state tuition eligibility for undocumented students will take away opportunities for them without a benefit for U.S. citizens.

Under the law, as long as undocumented students had lived in the state for three years before graduating from high school, they didn't have to worry about paying out-of-state tuition costs,

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