[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.

[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.

[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.

[gubamyster]

ping

[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.

[Czar]

Lets see, you don't suppose this might be another thread to be avoided by the pro-illegal alien amen corner, do you? Gee, wonder where they went...

[Razz Barry]

"But it is the parents who put them in that position by knowingly breaking the law," Mehlman said. "We all end up suffering for mistakes our parents make. . . . But we hold the parents responsible in our society."

No we don't. We hold the taxpayers responsible. If we held parents responsible we wouldn't have all those government giveaway programs. The only parents who take responsibility for their children are forced to be responsible for all who don't.

[Regulator]

Tuition law for illegal immigrants challenged Lawsuit filed in says Kansas law, similar to Texas', violates federal statute

It doesn't just violate federal law. It violates the liberal's most sacred amendment -- the 14th.