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Should illegal immigrants gain legal status if they go to college?

Deseret News
February 14, 2011
By Sara Lenz

In Obama's State of the Union address last month, he took on the issue of illegal immigration, saying Congress should work together on coming up with laws to enforce and protect U.S. borders and to address the illegal immigrant workers.

But he also voiced his support of the DREAM Act, which was shot down in December but was set to allow illegal immigrant students who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives to be eligible for citizenship if they completed a college degree or two years of military service.

According to The Hill, Democrats plan on reintroducing the bill this session.

"Let's stop expelling talented, responsible young people who could be staffing our research labs or starting a new business, who could be further enriching this nation," Obama said in his State of the Union address.

He also told Congress that the legislative failure to pass the Dream Act was a big disappointment, The Hill article stated this morning.

Yet this topic has stirred quite a debate among the states. Many wonder if illegal students should be taking up seats in the college classroom; others wonder if they should even be allowed to pay in-state tuition.

Just last week, the New York Times wrote about how thousands of college students declared their illegal status during the nationwide campaign for the Dream Act last summer. (This act was sponsored by none other than Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.)

Now these students, like one named Maricela Aguilar, who has a full-tuition scholarship to a private college in Milwaukee, fear deportation. They also have little hope of anything like the Dream Act passing.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia lawmakers are considering banning all illegal immigrants from attending public colleges.

Georgia's State Board of Regents already voted in October to ban illegal immigrants from attending Georgia's top public colleges next fall.

Virginia is also considering such a bill and is actually considering 30 different bills regarding illegal immigration — one of which would track the number of students enrolled in public schools either without a birth certificate or who are taking classes in English as a second language.

Other states are considering bills that would not give state resident tuition to those with illegal status.

According to the Christian Science Monitor, 10 states have laws offering in-state tuition benefits to undocumented students – California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

But Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and Indiana are considering disallowing it.

A January Gallup poll found that 64 percent of Americans say the problem of illegal immigration is extremely or very important for Congress to deal with this year.

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Should illegal immigrants gain legal status if they go to college?

My question is why are undocumented aliens are allowed to attend any schools here in the U.S. with American students, when we have no idea who those people are and what criminal acts they are capable of performing? When schools find out the children are illegal immigrants they should contact Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Another question? Who are paying the cost to educate undocumented aliens? American tax payers I assume.

Why can't they be deported back to their homelands and attend schools? This Country is almost broke and we Americans need to get a grip on things before the United States hits rock bottom.

why don't all you Illegal Immigrant Go the hell home you Have college in Mexico
why you will get it or free well I have to Pay for My kid & all the American also have to pay . no way in hell & congress wake the hell Up this is your country also or did you for get .
No Amnesty