<p>"Wading into the politically charged immigration debate, a group of colleges and universities is urging Congress to give illegal immigrants tuition aid and a path to citizenship in light of efforts in several states to block them."</p>
<p>Absolutely not!</p>
<p>Taxpayer need to smarten up and stop being willing to foot the bill for every noble cause that drifts by. The US financial pot has limits.</p>
<p>Probably because College Board sees this as a way to make more money.</p>
<p>I hope I will not need to pay for illegal kid in addition to my own and not even being sure if I have a job tomorrow.</p>
<p>Left off the reference - sorry about that!</p>
<p>[College</a> Board urges Congress to offer aid to immigrants | Front page | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle](<a href=“http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6383965.html]College”>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6383965.html)</p>
<p>LOL nysmile, I was thinking the same thing. Ugh…</p>
<p>Agreed MiamiDAP and toadstool…</p>
<p>I’d rather they approved a fund to send them to college in the country of their citizenship.</p>
<p>I’d rather they deport them and their parents and charge their government for expense.</p>
<p>Bay - that might work if they could speak the language of their “native” country.
No child makes the choice to enter and live here illegally.<br>
What to do with a kid who has been here since the age of two, through no fault of their own.</p>
<p>^^ by no fault of their own, the US kids who have parents that don’t save for college can’t get funding either. Why should an illegal kid get money?</p>
<p>"What to do with a kid who has been here since the age of two, through no fault of their own. " - It does not make american people responsible for him. He is still responsibility of his parents and his country, his fault or not.</p>
<p>Sheesh, I already cannot afford my own medical care because I am paying for every one else (and by not afford I mean scrimping to keep a policy in-force with ungodly premiums and still having an $8k+ deductible and essentially never going to the doctor for anything) and I am scrimping to put the kids through college, I really don’t want to pick up the cost for any one else…that being said, I am certain there are some anecdotal stories which would convince me that in some particular cases that kid is worthy.</p>
<p>We lived out of the country for a few years and, through no fault of their own, my kids had friends attending nearby universities with scholarships which we could not earn as we were not citizens and we would have had to pay international fees. My kids, through no fault of their own, cannot easily go back there and live there and hang with those friends and work there. Will that country allow my kids to come there because they would like to be there? Nope! We were legally there, but still have no options there now.</p>
<p>First, there is no such thing as an illegal kid. </p>
<p>I support this idea.</p>
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<p>Probably? Probably? ;)</p>
<p>Just one more example where government NOT doing its job – in this case neither creating paths to citizenship NOR expelling illegals – has left the society with nothing but bad choices. Expanding government spending doesn’t seem to be a timely idea. But neither does restricting educational opportunities to kids who will be paying America’s bills in the future.</p>
<p>We are already supporting them and have been since they arrived.
Honestly, I would rather support and create a path to citizenship, a kid who is illegal and smart and motivated and willing and eager to learn than some kid who is technically a Citizen but in reality anything but.<br>
There are plenty of kids with no desire or ambition to get off the welfare they inherited from their parents and get to school and actually learn. These are the ones I don’t want to support.</p>
<p>Isn’t this a huge incentive for more parents to bring their kids here illegally? For example if a child is brought here illegally as a 9th grader, (or any grade really) a public school has to take him/her as a student without asking about immigration status. Chances of deportation seem to be pretty low. If that child graduates from a U.S. high school then he would then be entitled not only to instate tuition but financial aid too. Why wouldn’t a parent from a country with limited educational opportunities bring their kid here with the idea of having him graduate from an American high school? The payoff is pretty good: financial aid such as pell grants and in state tuition.
There seem to be many stories on CC about families who cannot afford the colleges their kid was admitted to due to financial aid. The article estimates that there are currently 360,000 kids who would benefit from this and another 700,000 or so it could affect in lower grades. So, potentially, this could affect over 1 million kids in the near future. Where will the money come from for financial aid for these kids?</p>
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<p>Exactly. Don’t look now but you’re about to get pick-pocketed.</p>
<p>Sorry -just can’t support this idea.</p>
<p>I could maybe get on board with something that let a kid (who had been here X number of years, graduated from a US high school, got into and graduated from an accredited college or university) - letting them work toward citizenship during college. Granting it perhaps after 2 years of public service type job. Kind of like the deal they get with the military.
It’s not the kid’s fault that they’re here illegally. We want educated workers who pay taxes. </p>
<p>I do have a problem with funding this…</p>
<p>The problem I see with that system is the potential for fraud. (Time to start up that online diploma mill… ) The Army doesn’t have much problem knowing who is actully serving.</p>
<p>It also doesn’t leave an option for a hard-working kid who has been here since age three but just isn’t college material. Do you give them citizenship for welding school or plumbing trade school?</p>
<p>I have a very big problem with illegal immigration for a number of reasons. There are many, many folks who are waiting to get into this country LEGALLY, and are held up by the rules and regulations while the line cutters sneak in and then get protected by the law. I have friends with elderly parents who have all sorts of reasons to be allowed in this country but would have Homeland Security knocking on their doors if they did not show up for their flight out. As they pass the workers’ hangout on the way to the house that is swarming with those who are illegally in this country. </p>
<p>I think it is hypocritical and ridiculous that we are operating this way. I feel like we are setting out little teasers to entice folks to come here illegally and beat the system. It makes absolutely no sense to me.</p>
<p>I’d like to see those who are here illegally deported and then find out truly what consequences there are to us. We can have them back in here legally, very quickly if we so need them. Maybe we don’t need as many as we do have, and maybe our unemployment rate will go down some and the a living wage be given for some of these jobs that we are now paying illegals under the table at slave wages. Maybe more people will want to do this kind of work if it pays a living wage.</p>