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Been to Boston, no illegals and other Americans do the work.
It is a false statement that with 95 million unemployed under Obama that non Hispanics won't work.
Remove the welfare system from them and yo would only get some temps for farming. Yesterday 06:56 PM
Are you living under a rock?
BOSTON - Immigrant and union groups rallied at the Statehouse on Thursday in support of two bills that would help illegal immigrants. One bill would
let illegal immigrants apply for driver's licenses. The other would prevent local police officers from arresting or holding people for federal immigration violations.
"Federal law should be enforced by the federal government, not state and local police," said State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, who sponsored the so-called "Trust Act."
The renewed lobbying effort indicates that
illegal immigration could once again become a hot button issue in the state Legislature.
The Joint Committee on Transportation rejected a bill giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
The immigrant rights groups say the bills are a matter of public safety.
Gov. Deval Patrick,
Massachusetts began giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants who qualified under a federal law giving them "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" status. To qualify, immigrants must have come to the United States before age 16, been in the country for at least five years, have no criminal history and have graduated from a U.S. high school, earned a GED or served in the military.
A 2011 report by the
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation estimated that public colleges and universities would be able to accept an estimated 315 to 365 students annually who were illegal immigrants with little added cost
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