Virginia would ban illegal immigrants from attending state-funded colleges and universities if legislation filed last week becomes law.

The bill would require the institutions of higher learning to verify the legal status of every student they admit. Lawmakers have unsuccessfully sought to ban illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition rates in previous years, but this legislation would not allow them to attend public colleges at all.

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