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About 100 illegal immigrants took advantage of a law allowing them to pay in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools in the 2010-11 academic year, according to a State Journal analysis, under a short-lived program that will likely expire July 1.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker is expected to sign a two-year budget that will ban resident tuition for illegal immigrants, ending a program that former Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, signed into law just two years ago.
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UW-Milwaukee made up the bulk of the program, with 33 students qualifying for resident tuition in 2009-10 and 55 students in 2010-11. UW-Whitewater had 7 such students last year and 19 this year. UW-Madison had between 10 and 20 students over the course of two years. Most other campuses in the UW System had no students apply for the program, or only a handful.

The gap between resident and non-resident tuition is large. At UW-Madison, it's the difference between paying roughly $8,987 and $24,237 per year. The state pays about 40 percent of the cost of resident undergraduate education, while the student pays the other 60 percent, according to UW System data.

In a statement, Gov. Scott Walker's spokesman said: "Individuals who do not reside in our state legally should not be getting taxpayer subsidized tuition."
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Illegal immigrants are not eligible for state or federal financial aid.
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As of May, Wisconsin was one of 12 states that allowed illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, according to the National Immigration Law Center.