NEA to lobby hard for illegals' in-state tuition

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<p>You are wrong about that. Of the 1million+ people granted permanent legal residence status in 2007, only 70,000 were “priority” workers or professionals with advanced degrees. Most were family members or refugees. <a href=“http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPR_FR_2007.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPR_FR_2007.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>They are both a drain on the U.S., because whether they are children or adults, illegal immigrants are not eligible, nor will they ever be eligible, to legally work in this country. Therefore, they will always need to rely on free government services, rather than employment benefits, to support themselves.</p>

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<p>I didn’t miss that point. The last time I checked, college was a privilege, not a right, even for U.S. citizens. Not everyone gets to go, including those who cannot find a way to pay. This is not the end of the world by any means, and to imply so is insulting to every U.S. citizen who chose a career path that did not include college.</p>