Tuition law for illegal immigrants challenged

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ^ | february 1, 2005 | Juan Castillo

[Balding_Eagle]

The lawsuit argues that the Kansas statute violates a 1996 federal law barring states from giving public benefits to immigrants who are in the country illegally. It contends that the state is violating another 1996 law forbidding states from granting undocumented immigrants residence status so they can qualify for in-state tuition.

Finally.

[ken21]

what's disgusting is that american out-of-state students don't get the same break.

[ken21]

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[beef]

"An estimated 1.5 million undocumented children live in the United States, many who came not by choice."

Certainly not by my choice.

With all the leftists fantasizing about a move north ("that's what I'll do, I'll go to Canada! Ha! That'll show them."), it has occurred to me that a campaign that encourages illegals to continue on to the paradise to our north may be in order.

[ken21]

didn't the clintonistas bulldoze the kennewick site because american indians didn't want archeologists digging there?

[nosofar]

I can think of a couple of questions. Can someone who is here illegally still be considered a legal resident? Of course, there's a line where a State has the right to do what it wishes on certain issues, but to what extent does a state have an obligation to respect Federal law, especially in matters of immigration? This sounds like a jurisdiction issue, State versus Federal.

[JoanneSD]

many who came not by choice Their parents brought them here.. if I were to have my child participate in an illegal activity, I would be arrested I am sure for contributing to the deliquency of a minor, child endangerment. and would pay a heavy price for it.. but alas not if you are an illegal...

[ken21]

i'm not a lawyer.

my understanding is that it's the federal government's responsibility outlined in the u.s. constitution to protect our borders.

as for the illegal legal...that's what leftists want us to accept!

[doug from upland]

Yes, many years overdue. These idiots think they are being compassionate by giving a tuition break and a spot at a college to an illegal. What does that do? It takes that spot away from an American citizen.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

what's disgusting is that american out-of-state students don't get the same break.

Yes, and those kids didn't CHOOSE to live out-of-state. So why punish them?

[LauraleeBraswell]

Almost four years after Texas became the first state to make in-state college tuition rates and financial aid available to immigrant children regardless of their legal status


I thought Texas was Conservative!

I'm sorry, but these people need to go home, get their papers, and start paying the taxes that subsidize education. After that they are WELCOME to stay here.

[LauraleeBraswell]

and Legal immigrants pay taxes. Legal immigrants carry their own weight and support the economy.

[ken21]

everyone in the united states is compassionate, to varying degrees.

the burden of illegals is starting to destroy our way of life.

hospitals and libaries are closing, for example.

[gubamyster]

ping

[SandRat]

About bloody time!

[cassie22]

Why not go to college in Mexico?

[Marine Inspector]

An estimated 65,000 immigrants without legal status, who have lived in the country for at least five years, graduate from U.S. high schools each year. For most, college is unaffordable. But even if it were, the students cannot legally hold jobs in the United States.

We gave them a 5 year education already. It's time for them to head back to their real home countries and unscrew them. They need to break the cycle, not us.

[dennisw]

"We're very concerned about what kind of effect this is going to have," Marisol Pérez, an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said recently.

EXCELLENT! But one must remember these ethnic pressure groups always speak in hyperbole.

[dennisw]

Yes, many years overdue. These idiots think they are being compassionate by giving a tuition break and a spot at a college to an illegal. What does that do? It takes that spot away from an American citizen

It also makes America even more of a magnet for illegal immigration. More illegal immigrants will bring their illegal alien offspring to glom onto our educational system. Not just K-12 but now through college too.