@SJ2727 they don’t. You said that 20 years should be long enough to justify going to college. My point was length of residency has no bearing on whether you receive instate tuition because it only take a year to qualify. But my other point was that the change in demographics over the last 20 or so years has resulted in more first gen students living in CA which might account for the increase in spaces reserved for them at CA public universities. I meant no disrespect to immigrants. https://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/