Posted on 04/29/2014 3:29:21 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring thrust himself and his state back into the national spotlight on Tuesday by announcing that some illegal immigrants who were brought to this country as children can qualify for in-state tuition under existing law.
Herring made the announcement at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria campus, three months after he declared the state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
“We should welcome these smart, talented, hard-working young people into our economy and society, rather than putting a stop sign at the end of 12th grade,” Herring (D) said to sustained applause and cheers from a room full of Latino students, immigration activists and education officials.
Announced in Spanish, Hindi, Vietnamese and Korean, in addition to English, Herring’s move could fortify the Democrats’ already strong position with legal immigrants, the fastest growing slice of the electorate. . .
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What part of “EASY TO FIX ILLEGAL VIA LEGAL AMNESTY LIKE REAGAN DID” do you not understand ?
“There always remains a set and limited number of slots.”
You are subscribing to the typical zero sum thinking of democrats.
Many new colleges have opened in the last few decades and the existing ones have expanded enrollment.
Even Stanford has expanded its enrollment slightly.
Why even subscribe to the democrat thinking that the pie can’t get bigger ?
I guess you did not vote for Reagan and supply side economics.
Nice try, no cigar!
The “business of higher education” keeps moving the goalposts for USA citizen students who seek to enroll.
If it was a case of “free market” activity, then I wouldn't really care.
Let the buyer beware... etc.
But since the government, at every level, has a huge financial interest in “higher education” scams via billions of non-negotiable forcible resident taxation dollars, I'm not really in favor of granting foreign nationals of any kind, legal or not, any priority in acceptance,placement, or class scheduling preference over my own, or my neighbors student.
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