Thread: NY: DREAMers Act would allow undocumented immigrant students

DREAMers Act would allow undocumented immigrant students financial aid for college

Elite student Samantha got accepted to Weslyan, but couldn't enroll because she was denied federal financial aid

BY Ben Chapman
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Originally Published: Saturday, November 19 2011, 11:56 PM
Updated: Saturday, November 19 2011, 11:56 PM

Samantha got straight A’s, high SAT scores and participated in extracurricular clubs and student government during her senior year in high school.

The hard work paid off — the East Harlem teen was accepted last spring to five top-tier liberal arts colleges, including her No. 1 choice, Wesleyan.

But her hopes of spending four years on the leafy Connecticut campus were dashed all because she couldn’t afford the hefty tuition and her immigration status made her ineligible for financial aid at private universities.

“I was really lost. I didn’t know what was going on. I was a mess,â€

Yes, she deserves it! 11%

No, the U.S. should not give illegal immigrants private school educations. 82%

Maybe, on a case-by-case basis. 6%

Illegal aliens must be deported now.

they all should be deported now
no amnesty or dream act

Why doesnt this "whipsmart" anchor baby,get into a University in Mexico,they are always claim that we get "the best" of their young people... Here you can have them back! Let Mexico finish paying for their education,we already gave them 12 free years!!!

Every day another sob story. Every damn day.

Have a heart PK! It's a shame that after a lifetime of welfare and free health care for their illegal parents and siblings and a free k-12 education on the American tax payers backs,it all comes to a screeching halt when they try to get more of the same to go to college (well,in one state anyway)