California Senator, Lou Correa, proposed a bill - SB 141, in the Senate Education Committee, Jan.29, to allow children of deported parents to qualify for in-state tuition and financial aid in California higher education institutions.

"When undocumented parents are deported, their U.S born children are often forced to move abroad, losing their state residency, and with it, access to California institutions of higher education," Correa said.

Correa said that as deportations are increasing day by day, the government wants to make sure that these children have the necessary support and resources from our society.

The bill will be applicable to University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges.

The criteria required for students to qualify are: they must have a parent who has been deported, been living abroad due to deportation, be a U.S. citizen and a California resident.

Ronald Cruz, attorney and organizer of activist group BAMN told The Daily Californian that this bill further strengthens immigrant's rights in this country.

However, to some, the law seems unfair and unequal.

Shawn Lewis, executive director of the Berkeley College Republicans, told the newspaper that there could be a lot of reasons why a family had to relocate out of California - immigration status, economic hardship or a death in the family.

Lewis said that any law that grants certain benefits to one class of people without considering other reasons why a family had to move out of the state seems inconsistent and odd with the Equal Protection Clause in the U.S. Constitution.