It is not free, and any citizen can get the same deal.
These kids MUST SHOW thathey are working toward citizenship to have the privilege of PAYING in state tuition rates.
They must SHOW that they have been residents for 3 years.
That is the only requirement that a US citizen must show if they also wish to participate.
Perry is simply addressing the notion that the State is better off with educated citizens than bottom feeders.
>These kids MUST SHOW thathey are working toward citizenship to have the privilege of PAYING in state tuition rates.
They must SHOW that they have been residents for 3 years.
That is the only requirement that a US citizen must show if they also wish to participate.<
It’s too bad Perry didn’t point out the above in the debate.
And you honestly don’t believe the majority of them are eligible for government grants. They have Pell Grants (federal, we all pay that), there are grants for children who are the first in their family to go to college, for every minority group, for children of certain income levels. If they don’t get a free ride they get pretty damn close! All because their parents broke the law and dropped a baby out, making them a citizen. It’s not their fault, but it is their parents.
Life is hard. Among our own citizens we have children who are living an impossible life with parents who are addicts, who live their lives in the foster system, and children whose single parents are the 3rd or 4th generations of dependents. They’re our citizens and we don’t put the same effort into them. Let’s fix the system to help ourselves, to restore independence and respect to our own citizens, then we can worry about children who are being taught (by parents and a wholly sympathetic US Government...that includes TX) that breaking the law is okay.
Imagine the lesson in citizenship their children would get if they did it the right way. The sins of the father DO affect the children. We’re supposed to feel evil because we don’t want to do more for them than we do for our own citizens. The only way it’s going to stop is through tough love.
Cindie