At the expense of the children of American citizens and legal immigrants?
We have limited resources and limited money, so should the money go to the educattion of 65,000 illegal people?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/all/stories/DN-hernandez_07edi.ART.State.Edition1.245f1a8.html
2006-07-13 15:44:16 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
and before some retard yahoo spelling cop wastes her/his time on the answer, YES, I KNOW I MISPELLED EDUCATION. IT WAS A TYPO, I SWEAR.
2006-07-13 15:50:00 · update #1
You assume that there are no "legal" candidates. What Macarena (what a stupid name) is saying that it should go to the illegal, even if there is an equivalent legal candidate. Comon, your are reaching for straws
2006-07-13 15:51:21 · update #2
I am actually shocked by a couple of answers that basically have reduced the priviliges of citizenship to a meaningless inconvenience. Yikes.
2006-07-13 16:06:03 · update #3
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And having read the article now, I still say no, but not with as much "uumph" because the article made me physically ill.
2006-07-13 15:48:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Well, unless you are one of the parents of one of the kids getting a scholarship, then it's still a matter of your tax dollars going to help somebody else get educated and trained. Beyond that, I guess it might as well be the best qualified students so as to maximize the return on that investment. Maximizing the educated smart people in the country is probably good for all of us. Especially when most kids are not even responsible for their citizenship status in the first place. So I would say do whatever results in the most education for the most people, and if limited resources force you to be selective, base it on student academic merit rather than governmental classifications.
2006-07-13 16:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the most important word the following is "unlawful". i'm enthusiastic about enhancing your self, yet we've guidelines for a reason. Why actually have a regulation or a border if this is no longer enforced? there is not any different u . s . a . in the international the position you are able to enter illegally and get one in all those facilities and classic of residing you do in u . s . a . of america. until eventually individuals crack down on the loose facilities provided to unlawful immigrants, the individuals who're the following legally and paying taxes are going to be footing the bill in the event you decide on now to not obey the regulation. Why no longer keep on with for citizenship and then get economic help?
2016-10-14 10:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Many illegals pay income tax and have social security numbers. In fact, at immigration hearings one of the details that could work in the favor of aspiring residents is if they have paid their taxes. The only real tax gripe you could have about illegals would be about the federal income tax, and if you only knew how little of that goes to education via federal education programs the dept. of education allocates to states, you'd probably be a little surprised.
2) Post-secondary education by state-funded public universities, in most states, tends to be funded by property taxes (and in some states, state income tax). Illegal immigrants for the most part are renters and some actuually are home owners and thus pay property taxes. Renters do not directly pay property taxes, but how do you think landlords do? They charge their tenants fior the expense of property taxes via the rent...therefore if illegals pay the rent, they by extension indirectly pay property tax and therefore contribute to the funding of public secondary education.
Private post-secondary education is privately funded are therefore not relevant to this discussion.
2) Public primary and secondary education in all states is funded locally by either the county or city using funds that come from statewide propery taxes (see above) earmaked by the legislature specifically for education and/or a local sales tax. So additionally, whenever illgals make a purchase of any good or service while in the US they also pay sales tax therefore additionally contributing to the funding of public services such as education just like everyone else.
2006-07-13 15:58:20 · answer #4 · answered by Alex H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's preposterous. This must cease! You know they get in-state tuition at most schools. too! Meaning that if I was from CA and wanted to attend a state university in MA, I'd pay about three times as much. And the illegal would get an in-state rate. I Kid You Not.
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2006-07-13 16:29:16 · answer #5 · answered by writer's block 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, that's just wrong. I read the argument and this girl is using the poor me excuse. I had to dro pout of community college because they wouldn't consider me an independent student even though I have 2 children! It was all because I'm a stay at home mom and don't work to support my kids; their father (my fiance) does that. So, now I'm going to work in a factory for 2 years so I can save money to go back. Why can't this girl do a work/study program at a school? Why can't she apply for citizenship to work her way through school?Those were available at the school I was going to. I get tired of seeing all these benifits that they don't want to work for.
2006-07-13 15:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, definitely not!! I don't care how good their grades are - financial assistance $ are meant for US students, not illegals. I don't even believe illegal immigrants should be able to register for elementary or high school! Make people prove their residency status - that they are legal, at the time of registering for school and if they cannot, then they cannot get in - that's the way I think it should be. All of the present incentives that encourage immigrants to enter the USA illegally should be removed, including the "anchor baby" loophole.
2006-07-13 16:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Scholarships require a good grade, so if an illegal child actually tries harder than a legal one who is just lazy, then SURE! After all, istn't that why they came here in the first place, to succeed? (the answer is YES!)
And by the way, being undocumented is a MISDEMEANOR!! like a traffic ticket, so STOP COMARING IT TO MURDER MONKEYS!!!
2006-07-13 15:49:02 · answer #8 · answered by L 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
alot of illegals do pay tax dollars every week out of there checks. That i know for a fact. So if a child is here and works there *** off and gets there grades to get one then sure. I see no problem in it.
2006-07-13 17:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by freebirdat2002 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even though I consider myself to be "liberal" about most political issues, this question is very worthy of serious thought by both sides... I would like to see those tax-dollars going toward scholarships for LEGAL citizens who have worked just as hard to have good moral character and good grades... To me, the "Dream Act" seems like a lucrative "reward" to those who have broken the law by entering this country illegally- and it makes no sense to me that they should be rewarded for something like that! The "Dream Act" states that scholarships would be given to illegal immigrants based on their "not having a record" (not just good grades)- well, WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ENTERED THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY? Is this not considered a "black mark" on their records? Is Congress likely to be so lenient with legal American students seeking scholarships that have one felony act on THEIR records? No, they aren't going to "overlook it", so why should we be "overlooking" the crime that it is that the illegals are here in the first place? Doesn't make sense to me- at all. All that act is going to do is encourage more illegal aliens to come here, thereby increasing a problem that as of yet we still have more than enough trouble trying to eliminate or control. YES, THIS OPINION OF MINE is coming from a "liberal". (Contrary to Conservative belief, WE CAN and DO "think for ourselves".) Thanks for providing the forum to discuss this issue.
2006-07-13 15:57:56 · answer #10 · answered by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, our tax dollars shouldn't pay for scholarships or financial aid for even one illegal immigrant student. We have already been supporting their education for years, and should stop paying for it the second we are allowed. Mexico, for example, doesn't give free education even through high school. That is already a huge reason they come, to make us pay for their children's education.
2006-07-13 15:53:17 · answer #11 · answered by DAR 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋