N.J. Gov. Christie flips, says he now wants in-state tuition for illegal immigrants By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Sunday, October 13, 2013
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses some campaign workers in East Brunswick, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. Asked Tuesday why voters should give him another term, Christie said he's been honest about the state's problems and worked with Democrats to find bipartisan solutions. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Immigrant-rights activists say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reversed himself Saturday and endorsed giving illegal immigrants in-state college tuition rates, and said he will try to get the issue through his legislature in a lame-duck session.
Mr. Christie, who is up for re-election in November, is also seen as eyeing a bid for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination, but his support for in-state tuition could complicate that.
"We need tuition equality for everyone in New Jersey," the activists said the governor said in a speech to the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey. . . . "