Although, he would likely be a more observant Catholic than she is...
Posted on 11/23/2009 7:47:30 PM PST by Bad~Rodeo
A special council created by the governor of Massachusetts to help illegal immigrants integrate into society has come up with more than 100 recommendations, including a costly idea that was solidly rejected by the legislature a few years ago.
Among the suggestions offered by Governor Deval Patrick’s advisory council are granting illegal immigrants driver’s licenses and discounted, in-state tuition at public colleges. In 2006 the Massachusetts legislature rejected a measure that would have given the heavily reduced tuition perk to illegal aliens who had graduated from a state high school.
In all, the governor’s council offered 131 policy recommendations—labeled New Americans Agenda—to help better integrate immigrants and refugees into the civic and economic life of the Commonwealth. The policy suggestions cover civil rights, education, employment and workforce development, access to state services and housing assistance.
No word yet on which of the measures the governor will adopt but it’s safe to say that he fully plans to implement several. After all, Patrick created the council with great fanfare last year and the promise of developing and delivering a series of policies that emphasize the “positive integration” of illegal aliens into the state’s economic and civic life.
A renowned illegal immigrant advocate who was in charge of civil rights in Bill Clinton’s Justice Department, Patrick killed a policy designed to curb illegal immigration in Massachusetts upon becoming governor in 2007. The measure allowed local law enforcement officers in the state to detain illegal aliens.
Patrick has repeatedly come under fire for many of his costly leftwing policies, including spending $430,000 to give welfare recipients free cars as an incentive to find work.
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granting illegal immigrants driver's licenses and discounted, in-state tuition at public colleges
You could integrate me into French society by giving me a mansion, millions of francs, my choice of various ‘femmes fatales’ and free French wine.
They break the law, come in the back door and they get to be treated like guests, yet you move to the state and you have to show proof of residency to get tuition discounts....what’s wrong with this picture???
Would that help?
#132:
Put them all in Deval Patrick’s neighborhood
You want fries with that?
How about Gov Doverylittle Patrick round them up and hand them over to ICE. Oh wait a minute, I remember... if he does that they wont be able to vote for him next year, because no one else will.
What the GOP needs to do is run an illegal against Nancy Pelosi. He can promise to help balance the budget by doing the job for 100 bucks. And he’d be just as liberal as she is.
If they are between 16 and 60, draft them, give them a rifle and send them off to Iraq or Afghanistan for 30 years. if they serve honorably, give them citizenship.
If they are not able to serve in the military either because of age or physical impairment, send them back to wherever they came from.
The best part is, after they go to college on my dime, they get hired under affirmative action and fire me so there’s a vacancy to hire another former illegal.
I wonder how the hardworking, still employed, citizens of Mass, will like paying for all these “perks”?
How about the 132nd? Each liberal who wants amnesty in the state personally gives one family of them food, shelter, clothing, education, medical and auto insurance, and a monetary stipend for them until they find gainful employment - taking them off state programs and helping the state stay solvent? Once they start “earning their own keep”, they can save up to pay rent. If voters there are so intent upon seeing that these illegals are “taken care of”, they might as well take personal responsibility for what they want.
I'll tell you what's wrong; there haven't been ANY of these pro-illegal legislators tarred, feathered, and rode out of town on a split rail, yet.
THAT is what's wrong with this picture.
How much more are you just going to sit there and TAKE, America??
Pitcairn Island for me...brick hut and low-maintenance women please.
fries? Now that you mention it, yes!
These people just want a fair shake. They shouldn’t be discriminated against just because they’re breaking silly US immigration laws, right? :)
Thanks Kimberly GG.
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