No sanctuary for illegal alien students
I can hear ACLU and La Raza/The Race lawyers stampeding to file their lawsuits now, along with the NYTimes editorial writers and Barack Obama supporters preparing to lambaste this community college system’s decision as an act by “bitter” people “clinging” to the rule of law.
The N.C. Community College System will no longer allow illegal immigrants to enroll in curriculum degree programs.
Community college officials made the announcement on Tuesday in response to recent advice from N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office.
“We asked the Attorney General’s Office for clarification of our present policy and will abide by their advice,” N.C. Community College System President R. Scott Ralls said in a statement. “We will continue to be a primary source of economic advancement for the state by providing world-class education and work force training to every student eligible to enroll.”
Tuesday’s announcement reverses the policy updated in November, which stated all 58 community colleges could admit illegal aliens who pay out-of-state tuition, are 18 years or older and high school graduates. At the time, the Attorney General’s office supported the N.C. Community College System’s “open door” policy.
Cooper’s office suggested to community college officials last week to drop the open admissions policy. Under federal law, the state would have to pass a law to allow illegal aliens admission to community colleges, the office said.
From sanctuary nation to sovereign nation. One step at a time.
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Oh man. lgm will have a panic attack.
I read that there is a new bill in Congress that will override any and all state/local legislation that deals with illegal aliens. Apparently, the bill has a few good measures in it, but it shuts down any and all local enforcement. They’re trying to slip another amnesty bill under the radar.
Michelle, please keep your eye on this one.
Now this just needs to be done on the border states, and for that matter everywhere else in all colleges and places of employment.
less students to indoctrinate, lol
All poking fun at lgm aside…
It’s good to see the LAW being upheld. Finally.
Score 1 for the good guys.
Demagnetize things and they’ll all go home.
Maricopa County (the one with the Phoenix metroplex in it) passed Prop 300 last year passing into law:
Good to see other states following suit.
Glad to hear it. I can use some good news every now and again. Go NC!
you know, the crazy thing about this is that they said on the news that ‘There are already 150 illegal aliens signed up for this semester that will be grandfathered in to the program’.
It seems to me that if they KNOW that they are illegal, they should be DEPORTED! Am I missing something here? It’s too bad that these people aren’t American citizens who smoke pot. . . they wouldn’t be given anything but an early grave.
It really is going to have to be solved at the state and local level. The problem is when someone higher up the food chain disagrees with the policy.
Neutering Sheriff Joe
Good for NC. Here in my state not only can illegals go to college, they are allowed to pay IN state tuition.
CC,
I emailed that to michelle a bit ago…here’s hoping it shows up here. people need to know he’s being screwed too…one piece of good news, one piece of bad
Yes, One step at a time….County by County, State by State!
How long will it take for the “representatives” of the citizens of this country to grow some gonads and do what the citizens want? It won’t happen in the next administration (no matter who gets elected).
A bit of good news for a change! I had to pinch myself, but yep, I’m awake.
cajun, do you know the number of that bill? I’d like to check the details before I email my Congressional Reps. about it.
It is my opinion that beneath the radar of the MSM there is a quiet revolution taking place.
The people who make this country work, just like these folks in NC are fed up.
This is great because it shows where the real power is in this country. Of course there will be push back from the left, when is there not, but that push back is becoming less and less effective every day.
While the MSM will not admit it yet, we are winning, and for those touchstone issues yet to be fought, we will win the day on those as well.
Never give up, never surrender, loss on a single issue is not what defines us as conservatives.
Our parents and grandparents lived through the Great Depression and never gave up. Who are we to even imagine packing it in, simply because a few liberals were louder than us today.
Go North Corolina….
Get out.
let me repeat that;
GET OUT !!!!
We are either going to be a nation ruled by LAWS or we can have anarchy. Open borders people want anarchy!!!
If found to be true (Which I do not doubt)
Which is exactly why our Founding Fathers explicitly limited the powers of the federal government and I can never forgive Abraham Lincoln or praise him as a hero for centralizing that federal power and usurping legal and sole power from we the people and the states … IMHO it was not in order to preserve the Union but to create a new federal nation as opposed to the Independent but United States we were started as originally.
Our democratic governor, Mike Easly, issued a contradictory statement. I’m glad the college system is listening to the AG.
The funny thing is that ICE issued a statement saying it wasn’t against any federal law for the colleges to admit illegals. They said that it’s not the job of the schools to determine citizenship.
Well, if DHS and ICE did their jobs…
Oh…i wanted to be fair about something as well.
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper is a long time Democrat, also a longtime friend of phil valentine.
its nice to see that not all democrats are pro-illegal. Thought you guys could rejoice that we’ve got at least one on our side
Again, if this is the case, it is the federal government overstepping its constitutional boundry.
Since the feds refuse to effectively deal with illegal immigration by fully enforcing current laws, who else but the states and local governments to deal with the illegal invasion.
Yes, the feds lack the will to do their jobs, intimidated by the usual suspects, LaRaza, ACLU, Demoncratic Party, RINOs, and all other abbetors of the illegals.
Its due time to reign in their influence with our polictians and government institutions.
Too bad we have the three stooges running for the presidency who evidently see, hear and speak no evil of the ILLEGAL immigration problem.
Is there no viable policital party that values US CITIZENS’ interests and rights since the Republican part has evidently going belly up?
Wonder how Chris Matthews leg trill reacted to this news?
Liberals believe laws are for suckers and lawyers are for them.
I’m surprised they pass to get into college.
This is exactly how the immigration issue will be solved…one state at a time. Our impotent Federal government doesn’t have the guts or integrity to protect US citizens and our borders.
Wow, this is …. (Check’s dictionary since it’s been so long since the word was used) … progress!
Just doing the jobs that the federal government won’t do.
In other good news, Suffolk County, New York (eastern Long Island) passed a law requiring its licensed contractors to verify that their employees are legally able to work.
On May 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am, Little
Little Ma, I read about the bill at Human Events. The number is HR5515.
What ! They are obviously more puppets of the Bush regime ! Carl Rove is behind this……..somehow! /sarc. Good for S.C. Don’t ever be afraid to stand up for whats right. The financial burden on the school to provide Spanish speaking teachers has to be enormous.
The primary reason this illegal alien thing got as big as it has been the unwillingness of the news media to even cover it over the years.
The best thing that could have ever happened to our cause was when these America-users came out demanding we legalize their illegal behavior while waving Mexican flags-not US which has indicated their true allegiance to Mexico in these oversize protest marches.
If this had been reversed, i can guarantee you that every last Anglo would have been run out of Mexico by now.
Geraldo would be spinning and spitting in his grave at this decision, if he wasn’t still with us.
I know I’m a bit late and some other people have already touched on this, but… Can someone please explain to me how there are people identified as illegal who are not turned over to ICE and deported? I honestly used to think the problem was with people who used fake ID and were not known for certain to be illegal. But time and time again stories emerge of illegal aliens who are identified as illegal and yet still allowed to go about their merry way. Why?
(I’m still pretty young, you’ll have to forgive my ignorance.
)
Woo hoo! :-0
Perhaps it will drive him right on over the edge.
Other good news on the illegal immigration front with the single largest site-raid in U.S. history by ICE in Iowa…
Here is one of my favorite quotes to drive home the revolving door issue in illegal immigration…
# 31 That is the question millions of American’s have been asking and not getting answers. Great news from NC. Now lets do it in all the other ‘56′ states.
L
RaisedRight,
That’s OK. Many of us here are old, and it doesn’t make sense to us, either. Other than the part about the government doing anything right. We understand that.
Raised,
you come across as intelligent. your age, in this case, doesnt matter
There are those of us who DO, in fact, report these people to the authorities. We had a house with 15 people in it down the street from us before we moved into our new home recently. I didn’t call the authorities on them because they were hispanic. I did so because they were packing a ton of people in a 1 bedroom house, there were all kinds of shady characters there at all times of the day and night, all of the vehicles that were there that belonged to the people living there were all over 6 months out of date, and their children were running in the street unattended and almost got struck while out playing.
The police were going to charge them, according to their neighbor/translator whom i know, NOT with being here illegally (and they were shown to be as such, which was told to me by said person), but because they were violating a city code having too many people habitating in a house of that size. They were cited for the license plates as well, but nothing more.
Less than a week later, they all packed up their things and left, for who knows where. Once the police were involved, they got scared, and left.
Its when people turn a blind eye to this, and let these people run wild and are not REported and then DEported, that it becomes a problem.
If its an issue where you live, have ICE on speed dial.
There, fixed it for you. Mayor Newsome will be expecting for her.
It’s becoming more and more clear each day that anything these groups are against is something normal, every-day people are for.
From what I understand, some community college have lowered the academic bar so low, you can step over it without much trouble. : )
CUT OFF THE MAGNET!
Yep. I saw this one the local news the other night here in Iowa City. No suprise, their promo said something very similar to (if not exactly), “The largest raid in Iowa history took place today. Find out what will happen to the kids whose parents were not there to pick them up from school.”
*tear* What an original angle for the media to take!
Grr.
A good step indeed … now … how about we send the following letter to every critter in Congress …
Enough of these might at the least get some DC types attention.
question…if they are here illegally, how did they get a drivers license to go get their kids from school in the first place???
I know the answer..but i think that needs to be addressed as well.
…Question:
Why should it be legal for any college or university to admit illegal aliens but illegal for an employer to hire illegal aliens?
Change #9 for “Change You Deserve” thread…..presidential executive order outlawing admission of illegals to our colleges and universities. Stiff fine AND jail terms for offending college administrators. Change!
It’s good to know that I’m not alone in my utter confusion. What really confuses me is the legal aspect of this. What laws are there that say illegal aliens can’t stay here? Conversely, what laws are there that protect illegals from being asked their status and from being deported?
I also saw where the Arizona governor is taking a $1,600,000 contract the state had for anti-illegal immigration enforcement from Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County, AZ…
Good Stuff.
Lets take the money it would cost us to pay for their schooling, and build some roads, bridges, and what the hay, lets build that wall.
Could N.C. send some of that strength to CA. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!
We’re taxed to death because of:
free med
free ed
free…………….
Easley, governor- soon to be gone, wanted illegals to be able to enroll.
Roy Cooper set his butt straight!
The flack online received from viewers on Easley’s “plan”, backfired.
We will SOON have a Republican governor…..and I cannot wait!
Barry F.
And Sheriff Joe says he will continue to enforce the law …
Joe’s Response
The whole thing is a political play by “J-NO” (J.D. Hayworth’s name for our worthless Dem governor) because she is hoping for a spot in Obama’s administration …
She will not stop Joe … you can count on that …
Liberal democrats will do anything to see there’s amnesty…probably 20-30 million illegals here now. In 4 years…40-50 million and in 8 years you can bet there will be close to 100 million illegal (they will be legal by that time)or the progeny of those illegals that have since entered. These people will be registered voters. If some action is not taken NOW, it will be too late in 8 years.
Barry F.
Also, to clarify a misrepresentation in that AP article … the raids were not immigrant raids …
The raids were concentrated in areas of high crime … they arrested almost 600 people they were looking for on outstanding warrants and as part of ongoing investigations … 390 of those people turned out to be illegals and were held for ICE proceedings … so the AP statement these were “immigrant” raids is totally bogus …
lets move to NC!
Considering the thrashing the congressional Republicans (no longer just the Stupid Party but now the Brain-dead party) look like they will be getting in November, coupled with any of the presidential contenders in the White House, it’ll probably be too late within the next 4 years
Thank goodness for N.C. Only wish Texas would do the same, but our leaders encourage the illegals to go to college keeping out good legal students. I agree with #41 that we all need to contact our senators and congressmen that we are all tired of this and will vote them out for their continued pandering to illegals.
Finally, someone making sense! I was a foreign student for a long time before getting my working visa, green card, and finally citizenship. What’s to stop all those foreign students from becoming illegal in order to get in-state tuition rates? Duh. All they’d have to do is drop for a year and do oddjobs. Then re-apply using this stupid policy. I am glad someone wised up.
1 state down, 56 more to go…
Raised,
just as a reference, you can go to this website. This article outlines what we’re talking about, as well as shows laws involved. at the bottom, where he states his sources, are the links for where the laws are on the books.
also, for one specific law, try this:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=8&sec=1325
Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, “Improper Entry by Alien,” is the law in question. There are tons, but this is the base for them all, i believe.
hope that helps
“From sanctuary nation to sovereign nation. One step at a time.”
Amen to that sister!!!!!
ARGH.
sorry, the first link didnt get in…sorry!
http://www.immigration-usa.com/george_weissinger.html
abstractmind – Thanks. I will have to look that info over when I’m not technically supposed to be working.
Thanks, DL.
sure thing. anything i can do to help
lol, aloha guy…. 56 to go. ha!
Not counting Alaska and Hawaii..
Michelle O: “I just know how special he is.”
Wow! An Attorney General and a state eduction system that actually respects Federal Law, and both in the same state! Amazing.
I’m not sure if it’s been posted, but knowing what I know about NC and the idiocy of their government otherwise, it won’t be long before they pass said required law and all this will be for naught.
Yeah, like the “special olympics for thinking” special.
gayle,
I hate to say that NC will not have a Rebublican Govenor. Bev will win. However if Fred Smith had won the primary we would.
I’m just happy that Scott Rawls did this at the direction of the AG. Scott’s got the balls to do it and I appluad him. What a great choice for the President of the NC Community College system.
So in recap…………NC
Closes loophole for illegal drivers license…..check
NC closes loophole for illegal Community College enrollment in degree programs……..check
Walter B. Jones Jr, still a troop hating, pro impeachment, tax raising RINO………..check
All the freaking Mexicans, Guatemalans, Hondurans, El Salvadoridians, Columbians, Bolivians, etc. that are being displaced by Georgia and North Carolina are ALL coming HERE to South Carolina where our Good Ol’ Boy gutless weenie politicians won’t do ANYTHING about the problem… HELP!!
68 posts and lgm hasn’t swooped in to defecate all over the thread?
I guess he must be apoplectic with this revelation!
I told many friends here who are illegal that they should go ahead and go to school before somebody like me votes to close the loop hole. Sure enough, people like me have spoken!