Thread: Salas resignation bold, yet justified

Salas resignation bold, yet justified

by Jason Smathers jsmathers@wisc.edu
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
http://badgerherald.com


Considering the almost criminal stagnation on the issue of illegal immigration, someone needed to say something. Even our U.S. Congress has failed to make any statement, one way or the other, on the nearly millions of illegal immigrants currently working and living among the rest of the recognized citizenry of the United States. While Lou Dobbs continues to parrot the issue daily on CNN and right-wing extremists continue to advocate massive deportation, our representatives and officials have failed to move in any direction.

However, in Wisconsin, one man finally took a stand.

On Friday, UW System Regent Jesus Salas handed in his resignation to Gov. Jim Doyle following Mr. Doyle’s signing of the Wisconsin budget. For Mr. Salas, the omission of a bill that would give the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition for the UW System and the Wisconsin Technical College System was the final straw. In his letter to Mr. Doyle, Mr. Halas wrote, “I refuse to join you in celebrating the signing of the 2007-09 WI budget. For us, it is a day of mourning for the future of our children who, through no fault of their own, continue to be denied access to the UW-System.â€

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Good ridance, Mr. Salas. We need latins who are Americans first.
[quote]“I refuse to join you in celebrating the signing of the 2007-09 WI budget. For us, it is a day of mourning for the future of our children who, through no fault of their own, continue to be denied access to the UW-System.â€

Jason Smathers' response:

Mr. XXX,

Although I must respectfully disagree with your points about children suffering due to their parent’s negligence and that being the “American Way,â€