Colorado's Senate Education Committee approved of this year's ASSET bill on Thursday, which would give some undocumented students in-state tuition. “The governor and I support this bill because we want Colorado to have a strong economy,” Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia said during yesterday's testimony. The bill cleared its first hurdle 6-3 with one Republican voting in favor with the Democrats. “We’re a nation of immigrants,” state Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, said Thursday. "We’ve studied this for a while, and we’ve got to address the moral issues of our age.” This year marks the seventh time Democrats have pushed for ASSET in the Legislature, or, "Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy...
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