Immigration Bill Grants Illegals In-state Tuition

[darrels joy]

Immigration Bill Grants Illegals In-state Tuition

After the Senate Judiciary Committee approved and distributed a proposal for granting legal status to many undocumented aliens, conservatives were alarmed to discover that the 471-page bill makes illegal aliens eligible for in-state tuition costs.

Under the proposal, illegals could pay the low tuition charged students who attend state universities in their home state, while legal residents of the U.S. would still be required to pay the much higher costs charged students who attend schools outside their state, the Washington Times reports.

"This means that while American citizens from Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Massachusetts have to pay out-of-state tuition rates if they send their kids to the University of Virginia or the University of Alabama, people who have illegally immigrated into the country do not," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

"How much sense does that make, to have people here illegally and they have more benefits than those who are here legally?"

Nine states allow illegal aliens to pay the in-state tuition rates, but the provision is under challenge in those states.

If the new bill passes "the American taxpayers will be forced to pay for illegal aliens to replace their own children in the limited seats in college," said William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration.

"Professional polls in North Carolina show over 81 percent opposition to in-state tuition for illegal aliens.

"It is bad enough the Senate is proposing guest worker amnesty. Now they want us to pay college tuition for illegal aliens!"

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, supports the proposal, saying "it will free eligible students from the constant fear of deportation."

But Gheen declared: "It is a national tragedy the U.S. Senate is even considering giving these finite resources to foreign nationals that broke our laws."

Gheen said information on how Americans can tell lawmakers of their opposition to the proposal can be found at the group's Web site, http://www.alipac.us.

[MORTARDUDE]

no explaining this in any way. it is wrong.

Larry

[Jerry D]

US Soldiers are stationed in states that they aren't residents of and they can't get in state tuition! Then as far as I am concerned No in state tuition for Illegals. thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it! I am glad to hear that this version has lost support now that this has come to light.

[MORTARDUDE]

who are the idiots that proposed this ? they should be voted out of office, no questions asked !!

Larry

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Still, it begs the question, How many illegal immigrants go to college?

[SuperScout]

None should go in the USA.

[Seascamp]

The name of this game is blatant and usurious discrimination. Some serious loot had to have changed hands to propose this piece of foul insanity. Maybe the parking lot should be checked to see who or whom has the new BMW convertable.


Scamp

Guess I was born in the wrong country. Sure wish my parents would have been here illegally. CLOSE OUR FUC*ING BORDERS ALREADY.

[Jerry D]

Thomas Sowell had a good article a while back he said to write on your college entrance application under Race (x) African/American and make them prove you aren't black to void affirmative action. I guess we can take this to the next level and state we're from Nuevo Laredo and make them prove you aren't here legally to get in-state tuition bless there heart!

[Keith_Hixson]

I mark out white or causcasion on the applications and fill in. Euro-American. Drives them nuts. Euro-American the new minority.

Keith