Undocumented students excluded from federal emergency financial aid relief

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | April 23, 2020 | Ashley A Smith

[artichokegrower]

The country’s nearly half a million undocumented students won’t be able to access any of the coronavirus emergency relief colleges and universities are receiving to help their students.

The Trump administration on Tuesday barred undocumented college students from receiving emergency cash assistance from the new stimulus law that could help with living expenses, such as food, child care and housing.

[artichokegrower]

“This was hard news for everyone to hear,” said Emelia Martinez, director of partnerships and special projects for RISE, a national student advocacy organization, and a student at UC Riverside. “We’re trying to build a coalition with other organizations and students to let the Department of Education know that this is not okay. We want every student to get support.”

Guess what? American citizens are hurting and need to placed in the front of the line for any aid. Don't like it leave.

[DoughtyOne]

And... ???

If I were in Mexico City illegally, that’s exactly the kind
of treatment I’d get.

So what?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

My Anglo Heart bleeds

[rlmorel]

They say it like it is a bad thing.

[BenLurkin]

Illegals

[NativeSon]

Except you’d probably get that treatment from the comfort of a Mexican prison.

[9YearLurker]

Why do we have “undocumented students” at all?

What are there, all of two colleges in the country who aren’t bought off with massive amounts of federal money?

This should be the very first of strings attached.

Ship them home!

[FLT-bird]

undocu......OH! You mean illegal aliens.

Yes. Foreigners who are here illegally will not be getting taxpayer money.

[utax]

Just tell them to keep looking until they find their “documents”. Then they can get all the financial aid they want.

[scrabblehack]

I’d be surprised if any of the students actually got the money. If the schools can find a way to keep the money for themselves, they’ll do it. Years ago, I had to forfeit my work study because I couldn’t convince a staff member to offer me a job.

[Okeydoker]

Have them sign up for free money then arrest and deport them. All
of them.

[Gay State Conservative]

Is “undocumented students” anything like wetback kids?

[yoe]

"Guess what? American citizens are hurting and need to placed in the front of the line for any aid. Don't like it leave."

I second that and applaud it.

[Chode]

WINNING!!!

[PIF]

Some bleeding heart socialist third way judge will fix it.

[smvoice]

How do you say “cry me a river” in Spanish?

[Tudorfly]

They are here illegally. Their only American provided benefit should be arrest and immediate deportation.

[BenLurkin]

"Excellent."

[Savage Beast]

Of course, people in the USA illegally should not receive any welfare from hardworking American taxpayers.

[Fungi]

Where’s the alien with three eyes?