From the article...
"Currently, students without permanent legal status must pay out-of-state tuition to attend state and city universities and colleges. Out-of-state tuition is often three to five times the cost than in state tuition. As most of these students cannot afford to pay out-of-state tuition, they are forced to forego college and work in low-paying, low-skilled jobs." "Many of these children," MIRA elaborates, "are excellent students who, given the opportunity, could achieve great success. . . . It is a shock to them, and a loss to the country, that they are unable to live up to their full potential and contribute their talents to American society.""
Wow, what a shocker... Taxpayers' refusal to pay college tuition for people who are here in violation of FEDERAL LAW. I guess maybe they should have immigrated here legally.
This article is an excellent illustration of the infinite stupidity of the American Left, a movement that is more a psychological condition then any set of coherent political beliefs. Utterly unburdened by the facts or even reality, this group of lunatics is once again attempting to redefine an issue by rewriting history. In this case, they've actually persuaded themselves that the poor, poor illegal aliens, who must actually pay tuition to attend the college of their choice, should have the US taxpayer foot the bill instead... and that is the reason that they are stuck in low-paying jobs. It has nothing to do with the fact that they are all inherently criminals, or that in many cases they refuse to learn English. Noooooo, it's actually a shock to them that America, which after all has let them attend school illegally, would dare make them live up to the societal and economic codes that everyone else must live by.
Let's get one thing straight... Out of a hundred illegal aliens, there are probably a few who actually are here for a college education. They are not entitled to it, nor are they entitled to one dime of economic aid of any sort, until they are here in accordance with the laws of this country.
I wish we could just hang this insanity on the Left but unfortunately the main proponent of this offal at the Federal level is Senator Orrin Hatch.