Illegal Immigrants get cheaper in-state tuition

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Its a newspaper article. People want to hear the human element to the story otherwise they wouldn't buy the paper.

It was a TV station but the same would hold true, although fewer people are watching local TV news (or buying newspapers) anyway. As far as the human element is concerned it can be helpful. Unfortunately it seems more common today to cherry pick an individual example of the human element in order to justify whatever agenda the author or politician has.