Young immigrants called on Florida Republican lawmaker to not repeal a decade-old law that has allowed thousands of undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates for higher education in state colleges and universities.

Silvia Ruiz Villanueva already struggles to pay for coursework toward her associate degree at Seminole State College. But soon her dream could become unaffordable. On Tuesday, legislators in Tallahassee debated (and ultimately passed) a repeal of a law allowing in-state tuition for qualifying undocumented students like Villanueva — commonly referred to as “Dreamers” based on never-passed