Thread: CA: Governor’s Veto-Happy Attitude Hinders Progress

Governor’s Veto-Happy Attitude Hinders Progress
By Editorial Board
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008



Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the revised California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which would have made financial aid available to undocumented students, this Tuesday citing the state’s “precarious fiscal condition.â€

DREAM IN MEXICO.

Originally Posted by redpony353

DREAM IN MEXICO.

Exactly, that is our DREAM.

My letter to them,
Hey Buddy,

This is America and these people are here ILLEGALLY. They have no rights to the services that I PAY FOR as a TAXPAYER. The reason that Cal. is in the whole by 7 Billion dollars is because of illegal aliens. By the way how do you think that they will be able to bring any of that education that we give them to the American workplace as it is ILLEGAL to hire undocumented aliens. So we pay for their education like we payed for everything else and then they take their free education back across the border. Where is your patriotism and loyalty to America? It is people like you that have America in the financial mess that we are in now.

Everyone needs to write them a letter and let them know how we feel.
editor@ucsdguardian.org

Originally Posted by Bowman

Originally Posted by redpony353

DREAM IN MEXICO.

Exactly, that is our DREAM.

SI SE PUEDE!!

Originally Posted by wmarincic

My letter to them,
Hey Buddy,

This is America and these people are here ILLEGALLY. They have no rights to the services that I PAY FOR as a TAXPAYER. The reason that Cal. is in the whole by 7 Billion dollars is because of illegal aliens. By the way how do you think that they will be able to bring any of that education that we give them to the American workplace as it is ILLEGAL to hire undocumented aliens. So we pay for their education like we payed for everything else and then they take their free education back across the border. Where is your patriotism and loyalty to America? It is people like you that have America in the financial mess that we are in now.

Everyone needs to write them a letter and let them know how we feel.
editor@ucsdguardian.org

That e-mail is bad but I did post a comment to http://ucsdguardian.org/index.php?optio ... 9&Itemid=3

AMERICAN CITIZENS should get the grants...NOT Illegals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess they don't know about this!

California's In-State Tuition Policy for Illegal Aliens Is Unconstitutional,
Rules State Appeals Court

Last update: 3:55 p.m. EDT Sept. 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Precedent
Setting Ruling May Be Used to Challenge Many State Benefits for Illegal
Aliens, Says Immigration Reform Law Institute
A three judge panel of the California Court of Appeals unanimously ruled
Monday that a California law intended to permit illegal aliens to attend
public colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates is
unconstitutional because it conflicts with federal law, and violates both
the equal protection clause and privileges and immunity clause of the
constitution. Ruling in the case of Martinez et al. v. Regents of the
University of California, brought by the Immigration Reform Law Institute
(IRLI) on behalf of some 80,000 nonresident American students who were
denied in-state tuition benefits, the Appeals Court agreed that California
policy violates expressed provisions of both the Immigration Act and the
Welfare Reform Act of 1996.
The 1996 Immigration Act states that "an alien who is not lawfully present
in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within
a State...for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or
national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit..." In their
ruling, the judges concluded that a California law that recognizes illegal
aliens as residents for the purpose of attending public colleges and
universities at taxpayer subsidized tuition rates, "does, and was intended
to, benefit illegal aliens" - a benefit that the state fails to provide to
U.S. citizens from other states. The court also granted injunctive relief to
nonresident American students, meaning that they must be permitted to pay
in-state tuition. Students who have already paid out-of-state tuition rates
must be reimbursed.
The California Appeals Court ruling is the first to decide a challenge to
in-state tuition policies on the merits. A challenge in federal court to a
similar policy in Kansas, also brought by IRLI, was dismissed when the judge
denied standing to the plaintiffs.
"We believe that Monday's ruling by the California Court of Appeals is
unambiguous and precedent setting," stated Michael Hethmon, general counsel
for IRLI. "In their ruling, the judges indicated that federal law preempts
not only California's in-state tuition law, but all such laws across the
country." Currently, nine other states offer in-state tuition benefits to
illegal aliens.
Monday's ruling will also affect many other state and local benefits
currently being offered to illegal aliens. "The decision also makes it clear
that federal law preempts many benefits that are being dispensed to illegal
aliens that are expressly prohibited under the Welfare Reform Act," said
Kris Kobach, senior counsel to IRLI. "In the court's opinion, citizens have
the right to go to court and sue to prevent illegal aliens from benefiting
from a whole range of government programs."
"Law-abiding citizens and taxpayers were the real winners in this decision.
This opinion strikes a blow for the rule of law, commonsense, and protection
of public resources, and the legal precedence it sets will be felt all
across the nation," Hethmon concluded. The full decision can be read at
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/.
SOURCE Immigration Reform Law Institute
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/

The only thing illegals should get is deported!!!