Here is an e-mail I received from Ellie Kinnaird. She is part of the problem in this state. People in NC need to wake up and look at who they are putting into office. This is outrageous!

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From: ekinnaird <ekinnaird@bellsouth.net>
Date: Dec 17, 2007 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: community college admission for illehal aliens
To: XXXXXX
Cc: "Maria Kinnaird (Sen. Kinnaird)" < Kinnairdra@ncleg.net>



XXX- I am responding to you with a copy of my letter to the editor on the subject. I hope this answers your questions.
I am disappointed at the reaction to the announcement by the Community College system that they should admit students who are the children of undocumented persons. These are children, who through no fault of their own, were brought to this country. They worked hard in school and only wish to further their education. Some of the children were even valedictorian of their graduating classes, and yet there are those who would seek to deny them, and us, the fruits of their labors.
I am dismayed by those who ignore the facts about these children: they pay out of state tuition, which is $2000 more than the actual cost of a community college student's education. In addition, there are only 340 students out of a total of 271,000 students in the community college system. This is hardly denying a place to any North Carolina student.
Those who would pile on, ignore the line of Supreme Court decisions saying that schools cannot discriminate by denying services to aliens. This is no less than demagoguery, by using these children for political motives, instead of helping them to succeed and become contributing members of our society.
Finally, I am appalled at the venom and hatred directed toward innocent children. Thanks for the common sense of our Governor, President Lancaster and the two presidential candidates, Democrat Bill Richardson and Republican Mike Huckabee who see the true picture. Huckabee put it beautifully, "In all due respect, we're a better country than to punish children for what their parents did. We're a better country than that."
These are the U. S. Supreme Court cases where they have decided the government cannot deny rights for aliens It is the law of the land. Ex parte Virginia, 100 U.S. 339 (1879), (allowing benefits for alien immigrants). It was followed by Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1959), Graham v. Richardson, 403 U.S. 365 (1971), (Arizona welfare benefits), Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), (Texas school children), Ambach v. Norwich, 441 U.S. 68 (1979) (New York public school teachers unwilling to seek citizenship), Nyquist v. Mouclet, 432 U.S. 1 (1977), (New York higher education).
The following is my letter to the editor after all
I hope that you could find a more accurate and nuanced position on this issue.

Sincerely,


Ellie Kinnaird





From: XXXXXXX
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 2:04 PM
To: Rep. Joe Hackney (Speaker)
Cc: Rep. Verla Insko; Sen. Marc Basnight (President Pro Tempore); Sen. Ellie Kinnaird
Subject: community college admission for illehal aliens


"a bureaucrat in the administration of NC Democrat Governor Mike Easley has set policy by memo. David Sullivan has instructed all of our Community Colleges to admit illegal aliens!"


This is an absolute outrage. How dare this guy reward illegal aliens with in-state tuition! This pandering going on by politicians in this state to illegal aliens needs to stop now!!!
What's going on here in Carrboro regarding the open arms welcoming of illegal aliens is nothing short of criminal. The general assembly needs to enforce our immigration laws and put an end to this nonsense.


XXXXXX
Carrboro NC