[alloysteel]

There is a specific visa issued for foreign nationals to enter the US as legal residents, for the purpose of attending an institution of higher learning. And hundreds of thousands have exercised this very option, coming from every corner of the world. But only Hispanic applicants think the rules should not apply. Why is this?

[glory]

That's the thing--when I hear the big "r" word get thrown aroung because Americans don't want illegals in the country, I never hear discussion of WHY that might be. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that this is the first generation of immigrants who think the American dream should be handed to them on a silver platter on the backs of REAL AMERICAN citizens. I have heritage before this country was even a country and on one side I'm first generation American. Not anywhere in my family tree where there was an immigrant was there someone with their hands outstretched demanding money, rights, etc the same as those living here. Nor were any of the immigrants in my family here illegally. This is what permissivneness of this situation has done--it has emboldened people who are breaking the law to sue *US* because we won't cater to them in this instance when we've catered to them before. They are also emboldened when hispanic became a "race" instead of a cultural identification. This was the problem with tolerating illegals to begin with--it's the old give them an inch and they'll take a mile saying.