Thread: Students with illegal status

Students with illegal status
Cheyanne Hunter
Atlanta Continuing Education Examiner
August 25, 2011

What will the future hold for students with illegal status in Georgia? According to an article published in the NY Times last year, Georgia school officials voted to ban illegal immigrants from attending college. These schools include Georgia’s most popular public college such as, University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology. Georgia has followed the lead of South Carolina in becoming the second state to actually enact such policies. The ban became effective this year and has sparked heated debates throughout Georgia campuses. It gained national attention when Kennesaw State University student, Jessica Cototl, was allowed to complete her degree while receiving in-state tuition. What seems to be a contradiction in this ban is that while these students are allowed to attend high-school they are prevented from continuing their education even if they pay for their tuition out–of-pocket.

Weighing pros and cons

Allowing illegal immigrants to attend college has its advantages and disadvantages. On one hand it gives students the opportunity to get an education which would open doors for the student regardless if she remains in this country or decide to take her talents elsewhere. If the student obtains her visa and remains in the United States, this will give employers higher educated human resources to pull from. On the other hand United States citizens will have more competition in the job market which may cause tension among ethnic groups. This tension will surely be perpetuated by the media and various other sources with an agenda of their own. Students with illegal status choices are limited. They can rally against these bans, but ultimately the voice that matters will be those of legal citizens who can weigh the pros and cons in order to either support or oppose the education of illegal immigrants.

http://www.examiner.com/continuing-educ ... gal-status

They can rally against these bans, but ultimately the voice that matters will be those of legal citizens

Vox populi, vox dei (Latin) The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Dixie

I believe in the rule of laws. Illegal means illegal! you can NOT reward people for ignoring our laws!

We have a very large population of college graduates that can not find jobs, shouldn't we first worry about our own people?

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By Cheyanne Hunter
Atlanta Continuing Education Examiner
Cheyanne is graduated suma cum laude from Georgia State University majoring in Sociology. She is dedicated to writing informative and helpful...

It's sad to see how dumbed down college students have become. Cheyanne needs to take a writing and grammar class!

Originally Posted by Lone_Patriot

I believe in the rule of laws. Illegal means illegal! you can NOT reward people for ignoring our laws!

We have a very large population of college graduates that can not find jobs, shouldn't we first worry about our own people?

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They can rally against these bans, but ultimately the voice that matters will be those of legal citizens who can weigh the pros and cons in order to either support or oppose the education of illegal immigrants.

Exactly when does this, or did this ever happen? Americans no longer have a say about anything, anymore! "Say No to Illegal Aliens!"

Its not enough that they got the free K-12 education. Its such BS and they expect us to shut up and pay for more!

Originally Posted by strugglingcitizen

Its not enough that they got the free K-12 education. Its such BS and they expect us to shut up and pay for more!

once they are given FREE college education they will demand something else.