[madfly]

Comments from The Anderson Report (daily email)
June 20, 2002

mailto:ben@azanderson.org

A very, very dangerous bill by Kolbe and just at a time when we are trying desperately to get control of our borders.

"The bill also would create a new "M-3" visa for part-time vocational, trade and other nonacademic students".

Is it not so that just these kinds of "students" flew some airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, etc?

This opens the door to every possible interpretation of the word "student" -- including "nonacademic students".

Absolutely incredible.

What is Kolbe thinking of? Just who are his constituents? Mexican/Foreigners? The Educrat lobby that needs the foreign student money to fund operations?

This is not a benefit for US Citizens Students, but for non-Americans. And -- it is open-ended.

To repeat -- very, very dangerous.

Ben Anderson, The Anderson Report

As one border resident states:

Why does Mr. Kolbe continue to insist that Mexican "students" be given special consideration over all other foreign students?

Obviously he "threw in" a benefit to Canadian students to blunt the impact of his pandering to Mexico and Mexicans at the expense of border area residents who are bearing the expense of maintaining school campuses and otherwise subsidizing foreign students. Also, does not this bill introduced by Mr. Kolbe, in his infinite wisdom, further burden border area school districts with students whose parents live on the other side of the border and pay absolutely nothing to share the costs of educating foreign residents?

Coupled with Mr. Kolbe's sponsoring of the ill-conceived NAFTA, his crippling of the U.S. Border Patrol in his District, his pandering to
"special interests" south of the border, Mr. Kolbe is one of the best U.S. Representatives Mexico has ever had.

Dave Stoddard, Hereford, Arizona

Amen.

[healey22]

I see we have another anti-American politician that would prefer to put foreign citizens ahead of American citizens? Have to check this one out.

Anti-American Senator Hatch's bill S.1291 (in-state tuition for illegal aliens)passed out the Judiciary Committee on a voice vote today. It seems Senator Hatch would like to give illegal aliens a benefit that American children would not be eligible for. Go to Numbersusa.com and fax Senator Hatch and tell him to withdraw this bill that bestows a benefit on illegal aliens that American children cannot receive.

[Brownie74]

In 2001, the INS issued 292,764 F-1 visas and 5,376 M-1 visas for vocational, trade, or other nonacademic studies.

I wonder how many of those people INS can locate now? Probably very few or none.

[Tancredo Fan]

Kolbe is clueless. He thinks sneaking into the country is an "administrative violation". He's about as qualified to be a congressman as doorman-dunce Ziglar is to be head of the abysmal INS.

Have you seen this outrage?

Hatch Bill Creates Amnesty for Illegal Alien Students

Utah Republican to Offer In-State Tuition as Well

(Washington DC, June 20, 2002)

This morning the full Senate Judiciary Committee approved by voice vote a bill to grant amnesty to illegal aliens who graduate from high school or college. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the "Dream Act," that would allow all 50 states to subsidize tuition for illegal aliens at state universities. FAIR Executive Director Dan Stein called the Dream Act, "A nightmare for students who play by the rules and taxpayers everywhere."

Under Hatch's legislation, illegal aliens under the age of 21, who have resided in the United States for at least five years, would be allowed to attend public universities in their state of residence at the subsidized in-state tuition rate. In addition, under a substitute offered by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), legal residency is all but assured for illegal aliens if they graduate from high school or have even a remote chance of getting a GED.

In states like California, Hatch's action would amount to an $11,000-a-year subsidy per amnestied student. "The Dream Act is bad fiscal policy, bad immigration policy and aside from that, it has never had a single hearing before the subcommittee or committee" said Stein.

The Hatch legislation would also add new burdens to the dysfunctional, and soon to be dismantled, Immigration and Naturalization Service. The INS, which admits it has no idea where more than half a million foreign students to whom it has issued visas are, or whether they are actually enrolled in school, would be required to verify the claims of an unknown number of applicants and make sure that they graduate from an accredited institution within six years.

"With the cost of a college education skyrocketing, slots at state-subsidized universities are becoming the only hope of a higher education for many American families," observed Stein. "Now we have a prominent member of Congress trying to jam through legislation that will give illegal aliens the same chance at these seats as citizens who play by the rules." The legislation is clearly unfair to out-of-state citizens and out-of-state legal aliens who will be forced to pay full tuition while those who broke our laws are granted a substantial benefit.

FAIR 6/02 ###END

Illegal aliens are criminals. Aiding and abetting them is a felony. Illegal aliens need to be removed from the country. Period. Hatch has lost his marbles.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

There is so much election year pandering going on right now that it might not be possible to keep up with it all. Homes, college educations, free medical care, amnesty, you name it.

Sure is easy for these Senators and Congressman to give away our money isn't it?