Arkansas House clears illegal aliens for college aid

http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg&section=News&storyid=108847 ^

[kcvl]

Gov. Huckabee and our other elected officials have lost their freaking minds!

[muawiyah]

This is Scrappleface isn't it?

Even in Arkansas people aren't that stupid!

[LauraleeBraswell]

We often forget that Politics is Politics and nothing is straight foward.

[little jeremiah]

Crap. I was thinking of moving to Arkansas. This makes me want to re-think.

[goldstategop]

Yep. Looks like illegal aliens will get a benefit denied to American citizens from other states in Arkansas. The legendary corruption of the Ozarks acquires another dubious milestone.

(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")

[No Longer Free State]

"Part of the Problem" ping

[mtbopfuyn]

Good gawd, those folks have indeed lost their freakin' minds!

Does Hillary still pay any taxes in Arkansas?

[Shortwave]

They're not?

Remember this guy?

[FairfaxVA]

63-31? What the heck is going on in this country? Sheesh, it seems like liberals would endorse giving illegals an automatic $50,000 a year stipend because we feel bad for them! This makes me sick. There are homeless veterans who are ignored, yet these damn politicians spend time worrying about, "what can we give illegals?". In my mind, there is no comparison you can make to substantiate supporting illegals over our homeless citizens, especially veterans. It's un-American...period.

[kcvl]

No. Hillary doesn't like Arkansas (never has), which is fine with me.

They were trying to keep this quite but a few radio jocks had everyone stirred up today plus it made headlines in today's paper. The elected officials weren't very happy about it either.

[muawiyah]

Hey, he doesn't live there anymore.

[kcvl]

If I hadn't made a trip to Little Rock today I would never have known about it!

[GarySpFc]

As part of her bill, Elliott required that illegal aliens who receive in-state tuition file an affidavit with the college or university they attend, stating that they intend to legalize their immigration status.

I see she has been taking lessons from our crazy Kansas governor. We had the same exact bill pass. One thing, these illegal immigrants cannot legalize their immigration status without leaving the country and applying to re-enter. The result of their being here illegally in the first place will result in a 10 year ban, and then her chances of ever getting here legally are zero and none.

[ozarkgirl]

???Gov. Huckabee and our other elected officials have lost their freaking minds!???

What is this world coming to??? Maybe there is something I'm not getting, I'm starting to think it's that these politicians are thinking toward the future and thinking of their future constituents. Holy cow, even in Arkansas!!

[blackbart.223]

"Gov. Huckabee and our other elected officials have lost their freaking minds!"

Are you just figuring this out?

But really, the people who truly lost their minds are the ones who vote these con artists in and then reelect them.

[FairfaxVA]

I'm sure that will be enforced as heartily as, "don't overstay your student visa...please".

[kcvl]

Gov. Mike Huckabee, who included the bill in his legislative package, drew a contrast between Wednesday’s vote in support of illegal immigrants and the state’s handling of the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock’s Central High School. "They took a stand that Arkansas can be proud of," Huckabee said in describing the House. "I think if we had taken a similar one in 1957, it would have made us proud for a long, long time."

I thought Gov. Huckabee had better sense than to compare ILLEGALS to LEGAL blacks!

[Owen]

Folks,

This is about money. It increases enrollment at the colleges and gets the tuition paid for by federal aid. From the state's perspective it's a way to fund the state universities.

[Thank You Rush]

Sounds exactly like the program California put into place a year or so ago. Not very popular but it went through nonetheless.

[SauronOfMordor]

We often forget that Politics is Politics and nothing is straight foward.

Tyson is a big employer in Arkansas. They use a lot of low-wage labor. Draw your own conclusions