College student's hopes ride on DREAM Act

Houston Chronicle ^ | December 13, 2010 | Susan Carroll

[Cincinatus' Wife]

NACOGDOCHES — Mario Perez, a mathematics and statistics major at Stephen F. Austin State University, sent out a mass text message to all of his fraternity brothers after being stopped by a police officer for rolling through a stop sign near campus.

"Hey Bruhs," the 22-year-old typed with his thumbs as the red-and-and blue lights of a police car whirled behind him on a spring night. "I just got pulled over."

If Perez were any other member of Alpha Phi Alpha, a predominantly African-American fraternity with the highest cumulative GPA on campus, the traffic stop and text message wouldn't have been cause for alarm.

But Perez's fraternity brothers knew his secret, the one he hadn't even shared with his girlfriend of four years, a nursing student at SFA whom he'd proposed to on bended knee. Perez, a gregarious student leader and talented tuba player who scored 1640 on his SATs, is an illegal immigrant.

After the officer told Perez he had two unpaid traffic tickets and asked him to step out of the car that night on April 12, his world started to collapse. Perez was transferred from the local jail to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Houston and put into deportation proceedings..........

[dcwusmc]

Buh-bye.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So why didn’t ya pay the tickets, chump, before they came back to bite ya.

[Doogle]

*sniff sniff*....and how is he paying for his college education?.....(no mention)....

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Why would he tell his fraternity brothers but NOT “share” this important information with his future wife?!

[leaning conservative]

This is the same as the drug smugglers w/ a ton of whatever in their truck............they are speeding & get stopped & in the process are busted.

If you are going to commit a crime you should REALLY stay under the radar; I’m not a criminal, but even I know that!

[Doogle]

but NOT “share” this important information with his future wife?!

...marriage?...only if she's a gringo

[101voodoo]

On top of being a law breaker, the guy is a moron. Because he was not bright enough to understand not paying a traffic ticket makes him a target for law enforcement any time he is stopped, he now stands an excellent chance of being deported (I know I know, I’m dreaming)

[Venturer]

Exactly. A Scofflaw.

He had no intention of paying his tickets.
I wonder how many he thought he could get before someone did some checking?

How did he get a driver’s license in the first place.

He may not have had much choice in coming to this country,but he could have tried to obey the laws when he was here. I cannot believe he didn’t know he was illegal until he tried to enter college. He had to know his parents were not typically American.

Also he lied to his Fiancee and didn’t tell her he was ilegal. Seems a stupid thing to do since he could have used a marriage to become legal, or maybe that was the whole idea.

[BuffaloJack]

Mario Perez is a wetback !!!!!

He’s here illegally.
Boot his sorry butt out of our country.
What part of illegal wasn’t clear?

If he wants sympathy he can find it in the dictionary; right between sh!t and syphilis.

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[Vaduz]

Felon see’s deportation proceedings.Law is a good thing WHEN USED.

[Doc Savage]

Go back to Mexifornia and count tacos!

[Ready4Freddy]

How did he get a driver’s license in the first place.

And there's this from the article:

When applying for colleges he learned he had no Social Security number and was in the country illegally.

So did he dummy up a SS#, too?

[jmaroneps37]

He is also guilty of mail fraud ( so many counts it would be hard to say)so the fair thing to do is to not jail him but kick him out asap.

[Condor51]

(Mario Perez): "I try to avoid thinking about it, because every time I do it brings me down. I just try to focus on my schoolwork."

Yo, Mario...

Finish your College Ed in Mexico, wetback.
Then STAY THERE and make something out of YOUR hell-hole of a country.

[Dark Knight]

The 1640 can be translated to a 1090 SAT, although I read a lot of schools just throw out the written portion. He got a 1640 out of 2400 on his SATs.

75th percentile UTex 2000
25th percentile UTex 1630

75th percentile TexasAM 1710
25th percentile TexasAM 1580

Percentiles are: How many scored below your score out of 100? 99 is the best you can get. At the University of Texas he would only have about 24 students out of 100 scoring below his score and still be admitted.

Remember, if you are old, they added about 200 points to the old 1600 two test scale in the 90’s because the scores were declining.

DK

[goldi]

I’m still wondering how Obama paid for his college education.

[Doogle]

....he was “sponsored” by a Arab benefactor.

[Doogle]

....that is if your 18 yrs old and had no idea about SS numbers