Thread: Hillary wants to help illegals get into college.

"Speaking to the nations' largest Hispanic civil rights organization, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., received a standing ovation Monday when she vowed her support for legislation that would allow illegal immigrant high school students to attend college.

Clinton made her remarks on various issues of importance to the country's Latinos at the annual conference of National Council of La Raza, attended by 23,000 people at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

The event started Friday and has included a rally in center Philadelphia in support of the so-called DREAM Act that would benefit illegal students.

On Tuesday, the chairpersons of both the Republican and Democratic national committees are schedule to address the conference, which NCLR officials say is a first for the organization and a sign that both parties have heightened their interest in the growing Latino population and its votes."


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Hillary on immigration.......not good

I am proud of America's commitment to welcoming immigrants. We are all immeasurably enriched by the contributions of immigrants who have come to this country to find the American dream through their hard work. That's why I led efforts for the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act, championed the Access to Employment and English Acquisition Act, and co-sponsored the DREAM Act, which makes it possible for hardworking young people to attend college. These measures recognize that all America is strengthened when immigrants have access to health care and education that will enable them to become fully participating members of our society.

I believe the Bush administration is failing to meet what should be the basic requirements of immigration policy: continuing our American tradition of welcoming immigrants who follow the rules and are trying to build a better life for their families, while strengthening national security in a post 9-11 world.

Our current immigration laws need to be reformed: we need a better solution to the question of illegal immigration which recognizes the conflict between the need to enforce the law, and the reality that too many employers are using undocumented workers today. That's why in the last Congress I was pleased to join Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), and 60 other senators to cosponsor the Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 2003. Unfortunately, this bipartisan bill, which reflected a consensus among growers, labor and immigration advocates, was blocked by the Republican Senate leadership. Earlier this year, Senator Craig re-introduced this legislation, which I again cosponsored. I hope that this year President Bush and the Republican Senate leadership will finally support this legislation so that we can begin to address in a comprehensive way the significant challenges of illegal immigration that are confronting our nation.

This administration has failed to provide the resources to protect our borders, or a better system to keep track of entrants to this country. I welcome the addition of more border security, particularly on the Northern Border, with passage of the Intelligence Reform bill in December of 2004 – but it should not have taken more than 3 years after 9/11 to make this needed change, and there is still much more that must be done to keep America safe, including stronger inspection of cargo on ships and airplanes. Moreover, just two months after signing the Intelligence Reform bill with great fanfare, President Bush refused to provide the necessary funding in his Fiscal Year 2006 proposed budget sufficient to hire all of the border patrol agents that had been authorized. Fortunately, during the Senate’s debate on the budget in March of 2005, we passed an amendment to provide increased funding for border patrol agents. I hope the Republican leadership will support the maintenance of this funding, to provide the resources necessary to properly protect our borders.

These measures recognize that all America is strengthened when immigrants have access to health care and education that will enable them to become fully participating members of our society.

aliens, legal or illegal, have the same "access to health care" as I do -- they can pay for their doctor and medicine upfront. Nobody in Congress gives a rats fanny that I lost my healthcare benefits because of corruption and fraud -- if an alien went through what I did, they'd all be up in arms

Hillary is not the answer. One day she wants to crack down on illegal immigration, but then she gets invited to speak somewhere and then she wants to make them full fledged citizens with free education and medical benefits that WE don't even have.

She could not have stayed married to Bill without being one of the peas on the pod.

Bill Clinton had a unique ability to blow with the wind without openly hurting the United States. We've learned since that he actually did several things that did hurt the United States with respect to illegal immigration including allowing them to work and establishing a means for illegal employers hiring illegal workers to continue doing so without the employers violating tax code. This encouraged illegal immigration and today from this one bad move, that number has grown to 7.200,000 HOUSEHOLDS which is around 30,000,000 illegals including the workers and their families.

I know alot of people had high hopes for Hillary because they were fond of her and Bill Clinton. But any candidate that wants to do "more" for illegal immigrants is not the solution as we all know.

It is impossible to want to do "more" while you are cracking down and deporting them at the same time.