Thread: Bill Seeks to Expand Rights for New York’s Immigrants

Meanwhile NY taxes are some of the highest there are , Now they want to give more tax dollars to illegals

How much are the people going to put up with?

sooner or later ............................

It is the dream of every parent in America to be able to send their kids to college after high school graduation but, for some it is just a "DREAM" that will never be realized unless they work and pay their way in through college in addition to what help their parents can give them. what makes these people think that they are "ENTITLED" to more free passes in order to go to college especially since the taxpayers have paid for their education from grades k-12th grade. they seem to think that this country owes them so much when we actually owe them nothing. if I had my way, they wouldn't have been given the education that the government says they deserved since they were in the country. "THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS COUNTRY IS TAKING FROM THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND OTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE ON SS, AND GIVING MORE AND MORE TO THOSE WHO ARE HERE "ILLEGALLY". THERE MAY NOT BE A COLA FOR THESE FOLKS IN 2012 JUST LIKE THERE HAS BEEN NONE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. they are doing this while all the while they give and give to illegals. the cost of living is going up more and more with each passing day and, they see fit to do this. its the job of the countries where these people came from to take care of them and not the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lady St Claire
good post .
South Bx

Immediate action needed in Oregon and NC! Please help!

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1204642.html#1204642

Legal or not, proposal like a New York Dream Act has many daydreaming
Allan Wernick

Wednesday, March 30th 2011, 4:00 AM

With the Dream Act - the law that would have granted permanent residence to undocumented youth - unlikely to pass Congress anytime soon, New York state Sens. Bill Perkins and Dan Squadron are proposing a New York Dream Act. New York State cannot grant permanent residence - only Congress has that power. But the state could make life easier for undocumented young people, and the New York Dream Act is an effort to do that.

If the state Dream Act becomes law, to qualify an applicant must be undocumented and must have entered the U.S. before age 16. He or she must be under age 35 on the day the governor signs the law. The individual must have resided here for two years, have never been convicted of a felony and have a high school diploma or the equivalent (including a general equivalency diploma, or GED) and be enrolled in a college or university in New York State or have served at least two years in the New York National Guard or have completed at least 910 hours of certified community service.

The most important benefit for state Dream Act beneficiaries would be eligibility for state-funded financial aid programs. That would include grants, loans and scholarships. Particularly important is the state Tuition Assistance Program.

That program provides tuition grants of up to $5,000 a year for students attending the City University of New York or the State University of New York.

Because TAP is a grant program, the student need not pay the money back. You can read more about state tuition assistance benefits at the website of the state Education Services Corporation at www.hesc.com/.

Currently, undocumented students who graduated from a high school in New York State or who have passed a state GED exam pay the lower, instate tuition at state public universities. That includes both CUNY and SUNY. However, with the exception of the Vallone Scholarships for new CUNY students who graduated from a New York City high school with a "B" average or better, undocumented students have only limited access to financial aid. If the state Dream Act were to become law, many, perhaps a majority, of undocumented students would qualify for TAP grants.

The state Dream Act beneficiaries also would qualify for a state driver's license or state identification and state health insurance programs.

Finally, the proposed law states that state Dream Act beneficiaries would qualify for "work opportunities with the State of New York." Although I fully support granting employment authorization to undocumented youths, U.S. federal courts almost certainly would rule such a provision unconstitutional. The first thing my immigration law and policy students at Baruch College learn is that only the U.S. Congress can make immigration laws. We call this the congressional "plenary power" over immigration and citizenship. It is this congressional plenary power that the federal courts have cited in finding unconstitutional many provisions of Arizona's anti-immigrant enforcement laws. Citizenship and immigration law are a uniquely federal responsibility. Since 1986, U.S. immigration laws have forbidden employers from hiring workers not authorized to work in the United States. The state Legislature can't change that. However, if the bill were to become law as written, the courts could find the work authorization to be unconstitutional while upholding the other provisions. New York State, without a doubt, has the power to decide who gets its financial aid, its health insurance and its driver's licenses.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bro ... _many.html