CA: State program promotes lower tuition for immigrants

SJ Mercury News ^ | 2/24/03 | Jessie Mangaliman

[NormsRevenge]

A statewide public service campaign to promote a law that allows undocumented immigrant college students to pay lower in-state tuition, was launched Monday.

The radio and television campaign by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, is hoping to reach between 10,000 to 12,000 college students who qualify statewide, said Maria Lucero Ortiz, director of MALDEF's program that does outreach to immigrants on higher education issues.

[NormsRevenge]

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

[dts32041]

Obviously some one doens't understand the word illegal.

[NormsRevenge]

Ping

The nation is lost.

[Texas_Jarhead]

MALDEF - traitors to America

[NormsRevenge]

Who was governor when the generous provisions were made for illegals?

California was one of the first states in the U.S. to adopt such a law, along with Utah, and New York. Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin are considering similar proposals. Texas has a more generous law: it allows undocumented students to also apply for state financial aid.

[Amerigomag]

MALDEF - traitors to America

Misplaced energy.

Your argument is with the law, not the US freedoms that allow this information process.

Focus your anger on the US and California legislatures.

[goodnesswins]

I guess we are now the "Country for the World" and any benefit given to a citizen is given to anyone who can get their butt here....sorry, but, that's a sorry state of affairs. On the other hand, as I reminded a liberal friend of mine the other day who was questioning our involvement in the Middle East....aren't you glad you were born on the North American continent, (She's a naturalized citizen from Canada).....rather than in Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Ethiopia, etc.

[NormsRevenge]

``We're talking about children who were not involved in the decision-making of their parents to immigrate to the U.S.,'' said Richard Hobbs, Santa Clara County's citizenship director.

It's not the illegal kids fault. ;-| What difference does that make when citizens kids are denied fair treatment?

[NormsRevenge]

I know I'm sticking it in a hornet's nest.. but I could use some major Ping lists to shoot this out. Thanks.

[dts32041]

What part of illegal don't you understand?

[Texas_Jarhead]

no thanks - I know of what I speak

"Your argument is with the law, not the US freedoms that allow this information process."

No my argument is with well funded, anti-American activist groups that work to undermine America in the hopes transforming it into their vision of a socialist utopia

can't believe a FReeper would take for these traitors why not route for the communists. At least LULAC included the word Citizen in their name.

[DoughtyOne]

California is in danger of being sucked down the Labrea Tar Pits of fiscal disaster, but by golly the illegals better damn well get what they deserve off the top. The brash gaul that exhudes from this camp goes beyond the pale of human decency. This is an environment where we're talking about cutting school services for US citizen's children to the bone. Furious doesn't begin to describe how feel about this.

[DoughtyOne]

...how "I" feel about this.

[NormsRevenge]

undocumented immigrant=illegal

Are you trying to ask me a question?

[org.whodat]

it allows undocumented students to also apply for state financial aid. First, all state's let any student apply for financial assistance. Financial assistance is a loan. That is a big difference from the cost of in-state and out-of-state tuition. Second I thought the rats had passed a law to prevent the question of legal and or illegal. The law courts, with their decision that illegals could go to school brought this about, doesn't have one thing to do with Texas are any of the state's you listed. In short TUITION does not equal financial aide.

[cavtrooper21]

Yea, doesn't make much sense to me either, with all the money trouble the state is in, but California has had a habit of doing things that don't make sense.

[Amerigomag]

why not route for the communists

My point is that few condem the 6 year old child when the parent left the loaded handgun on the kitchen table. Specifically the problem is in the California legislature and I'm not rooting for them.

I didn't expect the MALDEF, a group of racists not communists, to do other than they did given that the California legislature provided them the legal oppurtunity and encouraged their outrageous behavior.

[Lijahsbubbe]

My child's school could not offer her any accelerated programs because their money went to ESL and programs for children who were disadvantaged.

While I lived in the city at the time, I see this becoming the problem for suburbs also.

I put my child in a private school, and I am against any school vouchers. It's one more way to get the camel's nose in the tent, and if you peer in close enough, you will see illegals in the private schools also. Paid by for by us.

[dagnabbit]

Anyone know how the new foreign student tracking system affects this sort of blind-eye-to-illegals scheme?

Why would an Iranian or Saudi student bother to use an F-1 student visa, pay higher rates, and comply with the tracking system when all he has to do is walk in as an illegal with no papers whatsoever?

Isn't the UC system in violation of the tracking requirements?