She said students have turned down offers that are close to free rides because they can’t come up with the several thousand dollars still due. Some turn down out-of-state offers because their parents need them to help out at home, or because of a fear of leaving California at a time of anti-immigrant fervor and uncertainty about whether Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections will continue.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 17, 2019 12:00 UTC