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Checked by PolitiFact20 Aug 2020United States Immigration

Robert Ortt, N.Y. state Senate Republican Leader

“Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Contrary to what Ortt said, the closure would have had an equal impact on both U.S. citizens and individuals here illegally.