Thread: MA: Deval illegal deal a dud

Deval illegal deal a dud
Pols: We’ll kill in-state tuition plan
By Hillary Chabot
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - Added 11h ago

A renewed push by Gov. Deval Patrick to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants is dead on arrival on Beacon Hill, some lawmakers predict.

The move could even hurt the governor’s ambitious plan to boost state education, said Rep. Kevin Murphy, co-chairman of the legislative Higher Education committee.

“All those good ideas could go down in flames because he’s included in-state tuition,â€

It is asinine and moronic that illegal aliens are allowed into colleges at all. I would argue that it is in violation of the 'adiding and abetting' statute in the 1986 IRCA.

Even if illegal aliens were to pay out of state tuition, it would not cover the entire cost of their education because of capitol costs, often conveniently left out (or purposely lessened) in the total costs calculations. Therefore, taxpayer subsidization of illegal aliens would occur.

Also, why would any legislator allow an illegal alien to take a seat in college from a deserving American citizen or legal immigrant? Seats in colleges are a limited and highly coveted resource, why the hell would you put an illegal alien into one? Also, why should we be in the business of educating and training a group of people who are illegally here and cannot legally be employed