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FReep this poll: Should illegals get Colorado in-state tuition?

Posted on 03/03/2009 9:06:57 AM PST by Trod Upon

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11810111


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aliens; education; immigration; poll
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11810111

Let them know whether criminal aliens should get preference over US citizens from another state!

1 posted on 03/03/2009 9:06:57 AM PST by Trod Upon
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To: Trod Upon

is this a joke????/


2 posted on 03/03/2009 9:08:31 AM PST by remaxagnt (`)
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To: Trod Upon

The response will be skewed based upon the wording of the question. Some will not understand that illegals are included in the ALL part of the question. Quick link:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_11810111


3 posted on 03/03/2009 9:10:34 AM PST by Faith
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To: Trod Upon

Illegals should not even be here, much less attend our schools.


4 posted on 03/03/2009 9:10:59 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: remaxagnt

They tried to pull this crap here in MA a couple of times and now we have a whackjob dem/lib gov, an obama clone, in fact this guy ran on the “together we can” platform and he’s the one that told obama to use “yes we can”, anyway, this clown wants to give illegals driver’s licenses. It’s just a matter of time...........


5 posted on 03/03/2009 9:10:59 AM PST by rockabyebaby (We are soooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: Faith
“The response will be skewed based upon the wording of the question. Some will not understand that illegals are included in the ALL part of the question.”

And many probably don't realize that the “in-state tuition” is heavily subsidized.

6 posted on 03/03/2009 9:13:15 AM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Faith

This question is skewed like you said. I won’t vote in this.


7 posted on 03/03/2009 9:15:28 AM PST by Sister_T (The Obama Administration = EPIC FAIL!)
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To: Trod Upon

Post Poll - Tuition
Do you think all graduates from Colorado high schools should receive in-state tuition? (Read the related story.)
Total Votes = 4080

yes 52.10 %

no 43.55 %

I don’t know 2.352 %

I don’t care 1.985 %


8 posted on 03/03/2009 9:16:19 AM PST by txnativegop (God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
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To: Trod Upon

Deporting would be more like it.


9 posted on 03/03/2009 9:24:15 AM PST by duckman (Jesus I trust in You. Mary take over)
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To: Trod Upon

Sure. Right up until they’re deported.


10 posted on 03/03/2009 9:26:55 AM PST by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: Trod Upon

This makes me sick! In 1975, My mother volunteered me to drive a Vietnam refugee from the end of his night class at UT-D to his apt that had been furnished by our church. In conversation with the man, I found he already HAD 3 degrees from Paris (middle aged too) and was working on his MASTERS at taxpayers expense. What really ticked me off was that I knew people who had been turned down for aid money but this guy got a full grant. He arrived in country AFTER the deadline for application, but he was in school very quickly after getting off the boat! My mom never did understand WHY I was so unhappy about this guy.


11 posted on 03/03/2009 9:31:11 AM PST by RebelTXRose
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To: Trod Upon

The last line says what should be done if this passes.

“Sen. David Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, has been outspoken against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants and has said he will actively find out-of-state students to challenge the effort in court if it becomes law.”

Tuition is heavily subsidized by federal taxpayer funds and state funds. If illegals are allowed to get in-state tuition, then they should be forced to pay their back taxes to help fund it and only if they apply for legal status here. This is theft from taxpayers.


12 posted on 03/03/2009 9:32:47 AM PST by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: Constitutions Grandchild

Total Votes = 4185
yes
51.32 %
no
44.44 %


13 posted on 03/03/2009 9:33:08 AM PST by bmwcyle (Obama voters, your 401 K's are dead. Now what?)
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To: Trod Upon
"I think a lot of Republicans don't understand it," Monfort said of the bill. "They think it's costing the taxpayers money, and it's not."

More outright lies and obfuscation.

If a college receives and spends government funds in the form of local, state or federal grants, subsidies, services, etc., that indicates they spend more per student than the student pays in tuition.

So the cost differential of educating each student is made up with taxpayer money, extorted by threat of punishment, and given to the college to subsidize students, including illegals, without the taxpayer having any choice at all in the matter.

14 posted on 03/03/2009 9:33:20 AM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
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To: Trod Upon

Why can’t high schools make qualifying for and attaining citizenship a requirement of graduation? The requirements are very minimal — learn basic English and Civics.


15 posted on 03/03/2009 9:35:33 AM PST by Aroostook25
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To: Trod Upon

So why are so many blue states having budget problems? Arnold?

Why stop at in state tuition for illegals? What about a reduced rate ski pass? Maybe a reduced rate mortgage? Oh I forgot, many illegals already received morgages which they could not repay. What per cent of defaulted loans were owned by illegals?


16 posted on 03/03/2009 9:39:26 AM PST by nycteacher
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To: Trod Upon

WHY ARE WE BANKRUPT?
OH! Now I understand!!!

You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:

Boy, was I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.

I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I also have included the URL’s for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegalaliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2.$2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
Verify at:http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
Verify at:http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!
Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.
Verify athttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6.$3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7.30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8.$90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.
Verify at:http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that’s two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US .
Verify at:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.
Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.’
Verify at:http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13.In 2006, illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm>

14. ‘The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States .’
Verify at: http: // www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

Are we THAT stupid?

If this doesn’t bother you then just delete the message. If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every legal resident in the countryincluding every elected representative in Washington, D .C. - five times a week for as long as it takes to re store some semblance of intelligence in our policies and enforcement thereof.


17 posted on 03/03/2009 9:44:00 AM PST by radar101
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To: Trod Upon

Don’t know if they’ve changed the law yet, but when I was in the Air Force in Colorado Springs, I had to change my residency to CO if I wanted the in-state rate; ditto for my dependents. Yet, the libtards there want to give it to illegals.


18 posted on 03/03/2009 9:45:54 AM PST by ScottinVA (Make my world PURRRFECT, Lord Obama!!)
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To: Trod Upon

No is losing at 44.8%. Come on, freepers !


19 posted on 03/03/2009 11:20:44 AM PST by jimt
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