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(Illegal) Student who graduated top of her class causes outrage after bragging that she has a 4.5GPA
The Daily Mail ^ | June 8, 2016 | CHRIS SUMMERS

Posted on 06/08/2016 2:49:22 PM PDT by maggief

Mayte Lara tweeted after graduating from Crockett High School in Austin

But the Texas teenager also mentioned that she was 'undocumented'

Federal law does not prohibit states from providing in-state tuition to undocumented students

High school graduation season is in full swing and Twitter and Facebook are jam-packed with pictures of jubilant teenagers but one girl's tweet has landed her in a whole lot of trouble.

Mayte Lara, from Crockett High School in Austin, Texas, tweeted: 'Valedictorian, 4.5GPA, full tuition paid for at UT, 13 cords and medals, nice legs, oh and I'm undocumented.'

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The fact that Lara has publicly admitted to being undocumented will not, however, compromise her offer of full tuition at University of Texas.

A spokesman for the university said: 'In accordance with state law, Texas universities - including the University of Texas schools - have for decades granted two-semester tuition waivers to valedictorians of Texas public high schools, without regard to their residency status.

'State law also does not distinguish between documented and undocumented graduates of Texas high schools in admissions and financial aid decisions. University policies reflect that law'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: swine; texas
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To: cloudmountain

She’ll probably go the academia route. No need to work.


41 posted on 06/08/2016 3:33:49 PM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: Robert DeLong

Butterface.


42 posted on 06/08/2016 3:34:03 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: fivecatsandadog

You’re right. And if she had just said something like “I regret that my parents brought me here illegally and that the burden of the expense for my education fell on the shoulders of hardworking strangers. But I am grateful for the opportunity they have given me and will work towards citizenship and promise to become a hardworking person who contributes to this great nation”, I would probably applaud her. But nope. No gratitude at all. Just a sense of entitlement. Ship her out. I don’t care where to.


43 posted on 06/08/2016 3:34:39 PM PDT by SouthParkRepublican
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To: BenLurkin
Looks like she had rug burns on her knees.

Ouch, that hurt.

Just givin the dog a bone.......

44 posted on 06/08/2016 3:35:34 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: SouthParkRepublican

Or at least say, “Thank God I got out of that stinking hellhole known as Mexico, and made it here. God Bless America!”


45 posted on 06/08/2016 3:36:05 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: maggief

There ought to be a law!...wait....I’m confused.


46 posted on 06/08/2016 3:36:23 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: BenLurkin
Is it stupido or stupida?

Oh, and those are rug burns on her knees...not that there's anything wrong...

47 posted on 06/08/2016 3:37:48 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: cloudmountain; Will88

At least here in CA, students get a 5.0 for an “A” in an Advanced Placement (AP) class. These classes are the equivalent of first year, general education, college courses.


48 posted on 06/08/2016 3:39:23 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: maggief

I assume she cheated on tests just like she cheated in coming to this country. So her real grade point average must be something like 2.0, 2.5? But, still, I hope she gets what she deserves in life. After the deportation, that is.


49 posted on 06/08/2016 3:40:55 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Milton Miteybad

Before long she’ll look like Yosemite Sam.


50 posted on 06/08/2016 3:41:04 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: maggief

Yep. In the shadows.


51 posted on 06/08/2016 3:44:46 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: maggief

Here’s a great graduation present for her: A BILL FOR THE EDUCATION SHE WASN’T ENTITLED TO!


52 posted on 06/08/2016 3:47:45 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Robert DeLong

A ‘butterface’.


53 posted on 06/08/2016 3:47:47 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: maggief

So, some American kid loses out to this person here in the US illegally? Welcome to Obama’s world.


54 posted on 06/08/2016 3:49:13 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: maggief
Chihuahua, we Americans have a lot of smart girls, this is their country and we've secured these opportunities for them.

Your home country needs you way more than we do, honey.

And when you get there, could you give this girl a visa application?

We've got a multitude of jobs in her field American women are unwilling to do ;)

55 posted on 06/08/2016 3:53:17 PM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard ("Go not a step from your door unarmed, travel armed for war, you may at any time need a spear." ODIN)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

I could watch that 1000 times and not get tired of it.


56 posted on 06/08/2016 3:56:29 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: maggief

Send her back where she came from. She takes pride in breaking our laws by being here illegally.


57 posted on 06/08/2016 3:56:33 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: B212

Re “And I’m undocumented”. If our govt had any balls, she’d have a document, an ICE deportation order. Let her use her education to improve her birth country instead of sponging off of the US taxpayer.


58 posted on 06/08/2016 3:57:07 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Nifster

Afterwards:
She ought to be in her home country and her slot given to a citizen.


59 posted on 06/08/2016 3:57:23 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: maggief

The country where she’s a legal citizen should be thrilled to get her back.


60 posted on 06/08/2016 4:02:19 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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