How do you feel about 1 million illegal immigrants qualifying for Pell grants?
This is something that is being discussed in the immigration section, but I’d like to hear what current college students have to say.
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will contact my congressman, and State senator. Allowing a certain percentage of grants would be good, but if my US born daughter has to work her way through college without any grants, so can the immigrants!
The voting is going on NOW, so please if you have issues
with this bill email, fax, or call your Representatives as soon as possible. (Within 24 hours.)
In fact I’ll never forget being in high school and speaking with a counselor there about my upcoming college, and he showed to me a list of scholarships forms that were specifically set up for Hispanic students. I took them but quickly threw them away because I have such a staunch disagreement when it comes to getting things for free due to my race. Even if it benefits me I feel it is wrong because I wouldn’t have done anything special to earn them. Just the color of my skin would’ve obtained me those scholarships.
Same applies here. I don’t feel this is right, but if something like this passes through then in a “necessary evil” kind of way it at least educates these illegal immigrants and gets them good paying jobs, instead of say becoming a drain on social welfare programs like WIC and CHIP.
In the short term illegal immigrants pay into the Social Security system which is almost bankrupt.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050410/news_mz1e10ruben.html
They also provide recruits for the military.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3271/illegal_immigrants_uncle_sam_wants_you/
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, is part of the stalled package of proposals that many in Congress are seeking to resurrect. The proposal, applicable to an estimated 750,000 undocumented residents of military age, stipulates that those who arrived in the United States before age 16, graduated from high school, and meet other qualifications could immediately enter the path to citizenship in exchange for at least two years’ service in the armed forces.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/06/16/immigration_bill_offers_a_military_path_to_us_dream/
But not all of them pay taxes.
http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/Library/Archives/SaveSS.htm
In the long term Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1490.cfm
Illegal Immigration negatively affects American Workers, the Unemployed, and Unions.
It also hurts the Environment by increasing Urban Sprawl.
http://www.numbersusa.com/interests/tuition.html
Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html
Of these three, Ron Paul has the best chance of winning the Primary election.
Paul’s campaign has almost 5 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80000748
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003429
Ron Paul has stated that he wants very strong borders and he was appalled that our government had taken border guards off of our borders to send them to Iraq.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/haman3.html
This is his six point plan:
Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.
Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.
No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.
No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.
End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.
Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.
http://ronpaul2008.com/issues/border-security-and-immigration-reform/
The NAFTA Superhighway might be another significant threat to American borders.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul349.html
but seriously that bugs me, they come to our country, take untrained jobs away from our economy, and now they have the nerve to take MY money from me? The Pell is the only way I stay in college!
seriously, we should just friggin take over Mexico and intate our own economy, improve the jacked up government there, and send all the beaners back south
living in AZ most of my life, illegals tend to piss me off
I’m gonna retire in the Philippines and say good bye to all the morons who think this country needs to be socialized and pansied into letting everyone screw us into complacency
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