Friday, June 28, 2013
What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for?
What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for?
What is your position on this illegals they want law to pass that makes it easier for them to enter, pay for college ?As a 3.5 student at South Technical Academy in Boynton Beach, he excelled in computer networking. He was a member of the student government and a prime candidate for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. But that couldn't get him into college. Although he has been in the United States since he was 2, he is undocumented. He couldn't accept the scholarship, and without financial aid he is trying hard to stay in college and not scuttle his plans to be a veterinarian. "The only school I can go to is a community college, and I have only been able to take two classes a year," said Frank, 21, whose parents came here from Colombia. "I can't get scholarships, and I have to pay out of state [tuition]. It gets very expensive." On Wednesday, Frank and about 150 other students, faculty and supporters gathered in the TC Courtyard on Palm Beach Community College's Lake Worth campus for a rally endorsing the Dream Act, a bill that would allow undocumented students to get financial aid to pay for college. They started a petition seeking at least 300 supporters. Many of the students at the rally were undocumented immigrants and identified themselves only by their first names. Their plight has resonated nationwide. Each year, at least 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school. In Washington, D.C., the bill to smooth the path to college is winding its way through the Senate with Democratic and Republican support. Supporters say although the U.S. Supreme Court has guaranteed those students the right to a free public education through the 12th grade, once they doff their caps and gowns, national policies stymie their pursuit of higher education. Without Social Security numbers they can't get jobs, or even driver's licenses, forcing them to the fringes of society. Connie Berry, a guidance counselor/specialist in the multicultural education department for Palm Beach County schools, said the country gives mixed messages. "We tell them ... 'If you study and if you do well, you'll graduate from high school and you'd go to college,' " she told the rally, which took the form of a mock graduation ceremony, replete with students clad in brightly colored caps and gowns. "What a heartbreaking thing not to tell the truth." Current federal restrictions force state colleges and universities to charge students who don't have legal immigration status higher, out-of-state tuition rates. That puts college out of reach for most of them. For example, students at Palm Beach Community College must pay $299.36 per credit hour compared with $82.50 for in-state students, according to the PBCC website. The Dream Act would lift those restrictions. It also would let such students conditionally remain in this country if they have grown up here, graduated from high school and have shown good moral character. But Bob Dane, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which opposes the Dream Act, said the supporters are pushing an amnesty plan disguised as an educational initiative. "This thing has been kicked around in one form or another since 2001 and it is really another way to piecemeal amnesty," Dane said. "Were giving away higher educations to illegal aliens at the expense of U.S. citizens." Ruth Rodriguez, 18, and her siblings came to the United States with their parents, who are from the Dominican Republic, in early childhood. They grew up in America and made their lives here, but their futures are filled with uncertainty. An aspiring lawyer, Rodriguez took three years of JROTC classes in high school, qualified for Bright Futures and prepared herself for college. Those dreams were dashed at graduation. "It's discouraging because I really worked hard in school," said Rodriguez, who graduated from Coconut Creek High School. "I graduated top 15 percentage of my class, I became the battalion commander in JROTC and I tried my hardest in school. I did everything I was supposed to do. It's something that's totally out of my control." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-dream-act-day-p092309,0,7944997.story
Immigration - 7 Answers
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1 :
they are illegal immigrants period and the teachers and guidance counselors are giving all these children false hope. the parents of these illegal children are to blame and the taxpayers are left with a bunch of bills that these children accumulated during there stay. children of illegals who were carted here are illegals themselves and we must stop the insanity of educating them./
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Higher education for the sons and daughters of immigrant slaves should be denied any chance at higher education. I am a Republican and I approve this message.
3 :
shame on you victory what if all native americans decide to deny u to be able to work go to school and what if they deport u...!!!! man u r an american citizen but only on paper ur ancestors were true illegals and murderers of native americans...so what gives u the right to say this? passport hmmm sorry but for me thats not enough!!! u r saying middle easterns are terrorists how about 15 and 16 century so called americans hmmm i d see the g to haag
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I think, the bottom line is I don't care if they are rocket scientist prodigy. They broke the law by entering this country illegally. What about all those people who do it legally and have to wait for years. For some reason most Americans seem to sympathyze with these illegals, which stories like this are just used to sensationalize the opinion that they should be granted some sort of Amnesty. If that is the case, I want to move to France as an Illegal (we know the french love paperwork so I dont wanna wait) and go to college for free and use their healthcare. THAT WONT HAPPEN THOUGH because the French are not stupid like we are and have and enforce rules. We here selectively enforce.
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I still can't understand why people are bitching. Is America excluding them from school for being undocumented? NO I understand that it is more expensive because you actually have to pay for your education for once, but I fail to see how that's my problem. This is exactly what happens when you give unnapreciative people an inch. It's never good enough, so they take a mile.
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Have any of you thought for just a moment, that illegal immigrants pay taxes? BUT NOT ONLY THAT ... they have to pay up to 3 times more taxes than everyone else. I came here when I was six and I definitely did not know what was going on. My parents have tried every lawyer and spent hundreds of dollars to find means to be granted United States residency and they were told that under the current laws there is now way this can be done. I have a 3.7 unweighted GPA and am currently enrolled in 5 AP classes out of my six classes. I know how to speak English better than I know Spanish and going back to my country (Argentina) is not a choice. I want to be a psychiatrists but I will probably end up in Publix bagging groceries. All I want is to be granted American citizenship. All I want is there to be a way for me to do that.
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My position is their parents have obviously been in the US for 15-20 years and still are not legal. They brought the child over here, illegally, knowing the problems they would face further on. They are pinning their hopes on US taxpayers continuing to turn a blind eye to their manipulation of our laws and ethics. Do they deserve a secondary education at taxpayers expense? No! They are citizens of another country, that country is responsible for them, not me and mine. I have my own children and grandchildren to be concerned about. Their travails mean nothing to me.
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