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Well if the Dream Act goes through we will be seeing more and more of this. In fact all of them will be allowed to go to school and fastrack their legal status.
Here in North Carolina, three students are on a hunger strike in Raleigh calling for people to call Sen. Kay Hagan and tell her to change her vote of no to the Dream Act to yes. A lot of press here. These poor girls on the hunger strike. I hope Hagan doesn't bow to the pressure.
BTW, she's a Democrat. You just never know. She's against amnesty also. She was just elected in 2008.
Well if the Dream Act goes through we will be seeing more and more of this. In fact all of them will be allowed to go to school and fastrack their legal status.
You're right - they USE our system to gain their education illegally and THEN use that education to gain legal status.
I don't think even those foreign students here legally should be allowed to adjust staus from within the USA after they gain their education. They should have to return to their homelands and THEN apply, and the same goes for those using the temporary H1B and other work visas as a "path to citizenship" as well.
Im a legal immigrant, and yes it is a slap in the face. These criminals get a pass, while we (my family) had to wait years before we could enter.
Did your family have anything special to offer the USA? I'm just curious. This particular "criminal" (your words, not mine) was raised here, making him as All-American as any other kid raised here...paperwork aside...and is also highly intelligent. I don't see why that would be a slap to your face at all. You got what you wanted and came here. This kid didn't effect you at all.
And seriously, for this boy and many like him it IS just a matter of "paperwork". That's what is getting so many people all huffy and puffy. Not that he has committed a "criminal" act or done anything wrong except exist here.
I'm against illegal immigration, I wan't to put a stop to it. I don't want them receiving any benefits, and I want to make it uncomfortable for them to be here and to stay in their own country. I don't believe in anchor babies. But I sure as hell don't consider kids like this who were raised here, regardless of how it came about, to be "criminals". And either does anyone else with a lick of sense. HE IS WHO WE WANT TO GIVE CITIZENSHIP TO. I don't know why we give citizenship to anyone who doesn't offer something special.
Did your family have anything special to offer the USA? I'm just curious. This particular "criminal" (your words, not mine) was raised here, making him as All-American as any other kid raised here...paperwork aside...and is also highly intelligent. I don't see why that would be a slap to your face at all. You got what you wanted and came here. This kid didn't effect you at all.
And seriously, for this boy and many like him it IS just a matter of "paperwork". That's what is getting so many people all huffy and puffy. Not that he has committed a "criminal" act or done anything wrong except exist here.
I'm against illegal immigration, I wan't to put a stop to it. I don't want them receiving any benefits, and I want to make it uncomfortable for them to be here and to stay in their own country. I don't believe in anchor babies. But I sure as hell don't consider kids like this who were raised here, regardless of how it came about, to be "criminals". And either does anyone else with a lick of sense. HE IS WHO WE WANT TO GIVE CITIZENSHIP TO. I don't know why we give citizenship to anyone who doesn't offer something special.
You have GOT to be kidding...........do you not see the innate contradictions in your own thinking?
Being raised here as an illegal does not magically make him an American - sorry
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Does anyone think if he was going to the local Community College he would still be here? He knew he was here illegally so let's reward him but letting him go to Harvard for free. One less legal kid that's gets to go because the scholarship is gone. But who cares. He's a dreamer.........
That's the rub. The ones who support the thieving illegals don't think of the legals who have lost jobs and are now on the government dole or have lost opportunities to advance themselves. But as long as they can save $5 when they get their lawn cut it doesn't matter.
You have GOT to be kidding...........do you not see the innate contradictions in your own thinking?
Being raised here as an illegal does not magically make him an American - sorry
A 4 year old child doesn't commit a criminal act. And now that he is an adult WHO WAS RASIED IN AMERICA JUST LIKE YOU we can't expect him to pay for the crimes of his father. Damn, people are so blinded by their hate they cant think logically for one second. It's embarassing.
People would be more willing to listen and work with you if you all didn't sound so ignorant.
WE failed to stop them from coming here, WE failed to send them back, now WE want to punish the kids, those who did nothing wrong, by labeling them "criminal" while at the same time STILL letting more and more come into the country. This kid and some others run circles around most home grown kids..thats a fact. Very very few people are operating at Ivy League level. We have to look at the situation and not try to apply a blanket attitude towards everyone.
Nothing like "ugly stupid Americans" to make us all look bad.
did you read pappys post? he was the one saying that colleges looked like the UN. what do you think he meant? i think we all know.
i proved him wrong. stats are your friends.
had he said anything about illegals, there would have been no problem. he has a problem with a multicultural diverse population.
how does it feel to lose?
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Good try with the race card but no cigar - I'd PREFER those being educated (especially TERTIARY education) were here LEGALLY.
If a foreign student wishes to avail themselves of the legal requirements to gain a student visa then by all means.
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