Posted on 03/29/2016 11:27:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
•Erich Reimer abstained from voting on a measure that would make "DREAMers on Grounds" an official student group.
•Students at the school are now petitioning for the removal of Reimer from his position on the student council.
Students at the University of Virginia (UVA) are petitioning for the immediate removal of a conservative student representative who refused to vote in favor a university-funded group for illegal immigrants.
After a split vote Tuesday, the group was denied Contracted Independent Organization (CIO) status, which would allow it to book spaces on campus and apply for university funds. Although the group, known as “DREAMers on Grounds,” is already active on campus, it is not officially recognized by the university.
“Our mission is to create a more inclusive environment and an overall safe space for undocumented students at UVA through education and advocacy,” its Facebook page states.
The group took its case to UVA’s student government last week but was ultimately rejected after six representatives abstained from voting in favor of granting the group CIO standing....
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
“Living in the Shadows”
Where is the tolerance these students demand from Senator Erich Reimer? These are spoiled rotten kids who had it all given to them by their parents who sacrificed every dime for their children.
UVA Student Council news: bill approving a student group to support illegal immigrants at UVA has been defeated! #conservative,” Reimer posted to his Facebook.
Reimer took down the post and even sent a private apology to members of the student group. The apology, however, was not enough for some students who are now effectively calling for his impeachment.
Reimer's a wuss for apologizing.
It isn’t Jefferson’s University any more...
There’s the real fascists. They probably don’t even know what the word really means
There are no fascists quite like college student fascists.
I wonder how many illegals these kids would think was enough.
is there a limit? no limit?
This is unfair to Africans, who didn’t ask for bodies of water to separate them from being landscapers and dishwashers in America.
Do they want ships sent to bring them here?
It’s insanity. America has gone insane.
It’s pathetic that Reimer and the five other conservative student reps didn’t have the guts to vote NO on the pro-illegal alien measure for fear of a backlash by the lib fascist students and admin. They abstained instead, but it didn’t save them from the backlash. UVA conservatives have allowed themselves to be neutered, just like a whole lot of conservatives nationwide.
As for the lib fascist students.....well, they’re just doing what they do.
Yep, the majority of the country is a combo of wussified and insane.
you’re right.
I wonder what this country will look like in 30 years.
The place to fight this is in republican led state governments. We are in charge of the budgets, we can fight back effectively from there. If universities want money in a red state, they make sure there is real diversity and freedom of speech at the university.
Having the guts to vote their conscience isn't asking too much. If they aren't prepared to do that, then they shouldn't get involved in student gov't in the first place.
You're right that the place to reign in all this lib fascist madness in our nation's universities and colleges is in the state govts. But that would require guts from GOP reps. Alas, that's in short supply as well.
They should make “DREAMers on Grounds” an official group. Then ICE can subpoena their membership roster once we have a real president, and it will give them a starting point for enforcing the laws.
More leftist brainwashed students. I suspect that our American students will make the Cultural Revolution look like a picnic.
far from it..lol
I want them living under rocks, or living freely in their own countries.
Clearly not a safe space for conservatives or for following democratic procedural rules!
Throw the illegals out
Most of our young people are responding quite well to the propagandizing of their teachers. They have been taught what to think and not how.
“Conservative” is just another useless term to pigeon hole the opposition. Not easy to stand up to principles you DON’T have, regardless of the ‘label’.
If people rejected the labels & debated on ideas...Else, most are just conditioned to reject outright on just the word.
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