Thread: SC law targets illegal immigrants going to school

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Dayana Rodrigues graduated in the top 5% of her high school class in 2007 and completed nursing prerequisites at Horry-Georgetown Technical College.

But The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that in January, the college refused to re-enroll the 20-year-old returning student because she is an undocumented immigrant.

The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act became law in June and, among other measures, banned illegal immigrants from attending colleges and universities that receive state money.

Supporters of the ban feel strongly that taxpayers' money should not fund a school that is educating lawbreakers. Opponents said it's unfair to punish children for their parents' crimes.

South Carolina is the first state to legalize such a ban, although other Southern states have restrictive policies.


Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.charleston.net

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Good for SC! I would send my kid there, knowing they are not allowing illegal aliens into their colleges.

YOU GO SC!! And I trust other states will have the sense to follow your lead!

Actually, it a deterent to illegal immigration.

Their children will not be given opportunities that belong to Americans, if they come here illegally. That's a consiquence of their behavior.

I really hate these but look, the kids are so smart and it's not their fault people. Those kids would still be so smart in their homeland and going to college there for free, if their parents were not law breakers and working here illegally, and useing fake ID...

Dixie

Outstanding!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dixie

Actually, it a deterent to illegal immigration.

Their children will not be given opportunities that belong to Americans, if they come here illegally. That's a consiquence of their behavior.

I really hate these but look, the kids are so smart and it's not their fault people. Those kids would still be so smart in their homeland and going to college there for free, if their parents were not law breakers and working here illegally, and useing fake ID...

Dixie

Exactly! They need to be in their home country becoming teachers, doctors, nurses, scientists, business people, inventors and so forth there, not here. We have plenty of smart kids of our own we need to get through college and into the fields of work that are high demand.

How would she even get a nursing job? Nursing requires state licensure! This would have been a travesty to allow her to take a slot in a nursing program that Americans already don't have enough slots for

Originally Posted by cvangel

How would she even get a nursing job? Nursing requires state licensure! This would have been a travesty to allow her to take a slot in a nursing program that Americans already don't have enough slots for

It's a total waste of a nursing education because of course she can't work in a nursing position as an illegal alien.

Deport them now, so we can clear the fog of who belongs here, who needs a job and who needs an education that our country is responsible for supplying! We are not responsible for nor can we ever afford to support, educate and employ illegal aliens or their offspring without leaving at least 2 or more Americans destitute!

This nonsense must end and end now.

Wake Up America!