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09-17-2015, 12:14 AM #1
Missouri GOP overrides veto of scholarship ban for students brought into country ille
Missouri GOP overrides veto of scholarship ban for students brought into country illegally
BY JASON HANCOCK
September 16, 2015
JEFFERSON CITY
UPDATED AT 8:40 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri House voted 114-37 to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill banning the state-funded A+ Scholarship from being awarded to undocumented immigrants.
The Missouri Senate voted to override the veto earlier in the day, so the bill becomes law.
UPDATED AT 6:40 p.m.
JEFFRSON CITY The Missouri Senate voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill banning the state-funded A+ Scholarship from being awarded to undocumented immigrants.
The bill now moves to the House, where 108 Republicans voted in favor when the bill originally passed earlier this year. That’s one shy of a two-thirds majority, although 11 Republicans were absent and did not vote.
At issue are students who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. It was created by President Barack Obama in 2012 to stop the deportation of children brought to the country illegally by their parents.
Because these students were brought to the U.S. as young children and are undocumented through no fault of their own, DACA allows them to legally live, work and study in the U.S. It does not, however, create a path to citizenship.
In response to the federal government’s action, the Missouri Department of Higher Education established a rule last year stating that because the students were now lawfully present in the U.S., they were eligible for the A+ Scholarship.
As long as the students have attended a Missouri high school for three years and graduated with a 2.5 GPA, a 95 percent attendance record and 50 hours of tutoring or mentoring, they qualify for the state-funded scholarship.
Supporters of the bill say it’s unfair for students who are in the country illegally to receive the scholarship when money for the program is tight.
“I am protecting the citizens and permanent residents of this state right now,” said Sen. Gary Romine, a Farmington Republican who sponsored the bill.
Opponents say these students were brought to the U.S. as young children and are in the country illegally through no fault of their own. The students in question kept their grades up, volunteered in their community and stayed out of trouble, advocates say, most while learning English as a second language.
“Why are we punishing children for a fault of their parents?” said Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat.
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a University City Democrat whose district includes the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, said the Legislature’s priorities are out of whack.
”People are dying in my district every day,” she said, “and we’re arguing about who gets a scholarship?”
The House is expected to take up the bill tonight.
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09-17-2015, 01:05 AM #2
This is amazing good news! The illegal alien supporters just go clobbered in Missouri!
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