Thread: OR: Dream Act: Education equality -- or de facto amnesty?

Dream Act: Education equality -- or de facto amnesty?

By Tom Adams KVAL News

Story Published: Mar 8, 2010 at 6:08 PM PST

EUGENE, Ore. - Eugene City Councilors are set to vote Monday night on a controversial subject: Should undocumented immigrant students be allowed to pay in-state tuition at public universities?

Diego Hernandez, a University of Oregon senior with a double-major in ethnic studies and political science, thinks so.

"If we close the door on them," Hernandez asked, "what are they going to do?"

Hernandez is pushing for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act -- the Dream Act for short. It's a federal law to allow undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at public universities.

Right now, they pay the higher out-of-state rate.

That, Hernandez said, blocks access to higher education.

"It would allow students, especially students who we already have invested our tax dollars in K through 12, to go on into higher education," he said.

Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy supports the Dream Act. Councilor will vote on a resolution in support of the act Monday night. The vote will not affect the legislation, just show the council's support.

"In this case, we're talking about kids who spent their whole lives going to our public schools and want to have the same opportunities as everyone else," Piercy said.

Opponents argue the Dream Act would amount to an entitlement for illegal immigrants.

"And this act, which is basically a Trojan horse for amnesty, would do just that," said President Jim Ludwick of Oregonians for Immigration Reform.

Ludwick said the cost difference is $13,000 per student per year for states to give undocumented students the lower tuition rate.

"Who's going to make up that difference?" he asked. "Are they going to raise tuition on American citizens who are going to the university system?"

The bill was introduced last year but has stalled in Congress.

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"If we close the door on them," Hernandez asked, "what are they going to do?"

They could go home and get a fine education at their home country's university.

Ludwick said the cost difference is $13,000 per student per year for states to give undocumented students the lower tuition rate.

That means the taxpayers pay each student $13,000 per year to break our laws. Nice reward. Which laws can I break for cash?

This was part of the plan from the beginning. Americans are forced to educate illegal alien kids, provide breakfast, lunch and special before and after school programs, ESL teachers, food stamps, subsidized housing, school supplies, medical clinics and it is still not enough.
Now that the kids are college age, they have no right to work. These kids want to be lawyers so they can defend more illegal alien activities and force us to pay for even more benefits for criminals.
These people feel they are ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS just because they have been allowed to avoid deportation by our inept, corrupt government.