Should illegal immigrant students be given free in-state tuition?

Question

illegal immigrants students were in front of congress addressing the need to stay here and get an education.

Answer 1

Unlawful Entry is a CRIME. Zero tolerance for immigration-law violators! No amnesty, no "stealth-amnesty." No "change of status," marriage fraud, "exceptional leave to remain," no "Temporary Protected Status." If you break the law, depart or be deported. Illegal aliens kill more US citizens each year than the war in Iraq has killed in four years. Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. But in fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children. Additionally, job competition by waves of illegal immigrants willing to work at substandard wages and working conditions depresses the wages of American workers, hitting hardest at minority workers and those without high school degrees. Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland. Taxpayers are being forced to pay for the free health care, education, and other welfare programs being given to illegal aliens; Those tax dollars could be given back to U.S. taxpayers or used to keep our borders secure; They may be here illegally, but they sure know how to "work the system" to collect "free" medical care, "free" education, "free" food, Section 8 housing vouchers and other housing assistance, and hundreds of other social services. It costs citizens additional hundreds of billions of tax dollars at every level: local, state, and federal. It gobbles up billions of our charitable contributions. And much of that money ends up siphoned out of our economy and into offshore accounts. Illegal aliens, over half of whom work "under the table" with neither job nor income reported (nor taxed), are not counted as employed or unemployed. But some of those day-labor and off-the-books "job-lets" would be "real" jobs - available to American citizen job-seekers - if employment regulations were enforced. Illegal aliens can get away with tax evasion, et al., which citizens cannot. In short, we have too many workforce entrants and too few jobs created. The ratio works out to roughly 7-10 workforce entrants per job created. If all illegal aliens depart or are deported, all legal immigration halted, and all temporary employment visas abolished, we still have a problem with more US-born workforce entrants than new jobs created. Illegal immigration damages our country and our citizens every day at every level. And not even the attacks of 2/26 and 9/11 have awakened many Americans to the vast dangers illegal immigration poses to our selves, our families, our communities, our society, our values, our principles, our civilization. Zero Tolerance for Immigration-Law Violators! We must remember the lessons of 2/26, 9/11, and the costs we bear every single day. God Bless the U S A !

Answer 2

Not only no but HELL no. My son didn't get any free tuition and your kids won't either. So why should OUR TAX DOLLARS go to pay tuition for someone breaking the law just by being here.
The whole idea of using the tax dollars of tax paying Americans to educate illegals is absurd.
When every American student that wants to go to college gets to go and their tuition is paid for by the government. Then they can fund all the illegals they want.

Answer 3

Only if we can too! I am a naturalized citizen and I pay full tuition. Illegal or not, everyone should pay based on educational qualifications, not based on citizen status. Education is absolutely something that should be free...but it doesn't work like that. I say learn English or get your butt deported...If you want to learn more power to you.

Answer 4

Not free tuition, but in-state tuition is a good idea. The more people get educated, the better off we all are. Encouraging all people living in America to get a good education is simply enlightened self-interest which is good for the economy, good for the culture and good for society.

By the way, if these people earn income or spend money in America, they are paying income and sales taxes. American succeeded because it provided people with chances to improve their position in life. Education is the foundation to people improving themselves and their world. I say educate everyone willing to put in the time and effort.

Answer 5

why would illegal imigrants get free tuition, and legal immigrants, or citizens of the us not get free tuition? and why do people htink that illegal immigrants deserve things like free tuition, you seem to be forgetting that they are here illegally, and they are criminals, for breaking the law, and they deserve nothing more that to go back to mexico, and come here legally, then they can get what they need

Answer 6

What is their logic? Where do they get the cajones to ask for a free ride when the rest of us have to pay for it? That is just imbecillic reasoning. "I'm illegal, but you should pay for my education"--wtf?! They have schools in their country, they can go there. If they're sh*tty schools, it's up to them to fix that. It's not our problem.

Answer 7

Where is ICE when you need them. Not only are they admitting that they are here illegally, but are asking for benefits, Is this a great country or what

Answer 8

Who cares? Isn't education the key to enlightenment? So they stood before Congress, whoop- de -do ! Gee, things move like lightning around here. Why don't you write your Congressman?

Answer 9

I think they should get an education.
Lesson 1: If you come here illegally you will be deported.
Lesson over.

Answer 10

They can get a free education when they get caught selling dope or stealing food and get thrown in jail with the rest of their family.