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1. #1
   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:51 am, Just A Grunt said:

   headline should read Illegals Face Deportation
   Period. End of sentence. No further explanation needed.
   I hear there are many fine schools of higher learning south of our border. They are free to attend any of them they so wish.

2. #2
   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:55 am, Barry F. said:

   Why is it that anyone feels compelled to reward illegal behavior? It just defies logic for me.

   Hello! They came here illegally. That means they violated our laws. Why give them anything? Geez!

3. #3
   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:57 am, RedDog said:

   “Illegal immigrants face threat of no college.”

   OK. Fine. Go to college in your own country. And here’s another option: Pay for it yourself!

4. #4
   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:58 am, sonofdy said:

   I feel like ignoring the law against robbing banks as well.

5. #5
   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am, sausage said:

   Josh Bernstein of the National Immigration Law Center, an illegal-immigrants advocate, says sweeping anti-immigration bills are “a very serious threat” to the overall illegal population.

   No kidding!

6. #6
   On July 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am, englishqueen01 said:

   Guess what? Had I not gotten a scholarship, I wouldn’t have gone to college, either.

   Only thing is I’m a citizen. As were my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. And - given the rise in admissions quotas and racial preferences - I’m willing to bet most kids my son’s age will face the threat of no college for not being “diverse” enough.

   So forgive me for not feeling bad that people who are here illegally can’t get discounted tuition.

7. #7
   On July 7th, 2008 at 11:05 am, Barry F. said:

   On July 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am, sausage said:

   Josh Bernstein of the National Immigration Law Center, an illegal-immigrants advocate, says sweeping anti-immigration bills are “a very serious threat” to the overall illegal population.

   No kidding!

   Yeah. Imagine if it just like…I don’t know…got rid of the whole illegal immigration threat or something.

8. #8
   On July 7th, 2008 at 11:06 am, Barry F. said:

   On July 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am, englishqueen01 said:

   Agreed, EQ. I paid for mine, they can pay for theirs, if they want it bad enough.

9. #9
   On July 7th, 2008 at 11:07 am, RedDog said:

   In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who entered the USA illegally with their parents but grew up and went to school in the state.

   So sorry, but if there are no negative consequences to this behavior, it will continue. It is clear that Mexico and the US Govt. have an under-the-table deal working here. The fly in the ointment is that the American people will not tolerate it. As usual, the government elitists unilaterally initiate these policies (corn ethanol, drilling bans, global warming) with no permission from, nor debate with, the American people. Apparently we are beneath them. As they say, what goes around, comes around.

10. #10
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am, BrianNY said:

    I’ll be the first to acknowledge that my parents never entered Mexico illegally, but since we are on the subject of international benefits, can I still get a piece of Mexico’s lucrative oil, tourism or drug industries?

    C’mon, let’s spread the wealth, boys.

11. #11
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:17 am, secondsight said:

    Best ringside voice: “And appearing in the Left Corner, with a win-loss record that has at least one too many wins, is Powerhouse Pricey Haaaaarrrrissss-son Democratic Representative for the 99nth Precinct of Mexico…”

    Helping them is “the right thing to do even if it’s unpopular,” says North Carolina state Rep. Pricey Harrison, a Democrat who introduced a bill that would prevent state institutions from asking about students’ immigration status.

12. #12
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am, madchef said:

    Well, with Juan McCain back from his latin american tour, i’m sure that they must feel empowered, with both presidential candidates courting the hispanic vote and the Dems likely to hold on or gain seats in congress.
    Until Americans start voting the idiots out of office things aren’t going to improve.

13. #13
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:25 am, swmbo said:

    NATION OF LAW

    sigh

14. #14
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am, DesertLover said:

    swmbo said …

    NATION OF UNENFORCED LAW

    

    had to fix that for you …

15. #15
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:29 am, swmbo said:

    Thanks DesertLover, knew I was goofing up somewhere.

16. #16
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:31 am, mchristian said:

    Josh Bernstein of the National Immigration Law Center, an illegal-immigrants advocate, says sweeping anti-immigration bills are “a very serious threat” to the overall illegal population.

    That would be the point of an anti-immigration bill. This guy is a lawyer?

17. #17
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:31 am, Die Hippie, Die said:

    North Carolina state Rep. “Pricey” Harrison, a Democrat who introduced a bill that would prevent state institutions from asking about students’ immigration status.

    “Pricey” operates under an interesting set of values. She “vote(d) to establish the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, which is an independent commission under the Judicial Department that will investigate convicted felons’ claims of innocence.”

    So she wants to let illegals run free and free convicted felons. Do I need to mention that “Pricey” is a Democrat?

18. #18
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:32 am, Die Hippie, Die said:

    Other than doing it in the quote.

19. #19
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:32 am, regularguy said:

    One of my concerns is that these illegals going to college are going to be indoctrinated into being leftist ignoramusus, with few real skills, and that I’d be paying for their further anti-American behavior for decades to come. These illegals DESERVE better treatment!

20. #20
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:34 am, Boomer said:

    Michelle you are working overtime in getting out the blood boiling news this morning. What part of “ILLEGAL” don’t these clueless globalist get? I know I am trying to use common sense (which is not so common an more) and live within the rule of law, but why the hell should I since no once else seems to want to. I would really like to see the immigration laws in this country enforced at any level of Government, which seem to be the exception anymore. The American people are really losing their patience with this issue and it just might take some good old action by the average American citizen to send this invaders fleeing back to their country of origin.

21. #21
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:34 am, Blind_Mule said:

    I read this story while having my coffee this morning and alerted many customers of the story, everyone I talked to said thats BS why should we pay for illegals to go to college? of course I agreeded with them.

22. #22
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:54 am, rambler said:

    If INS hade deported their butts shortly after coming here, they would not have had a education here to qualify for college. Whose taxes do they thing paid for their public education in the first place? This is like having a thief break into a home and then complain that there wasn’t enough stuff to steal. SENT THESE UNGRATFUL WHINERS HOME!

23. #23
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am, GJCorby said:

    Yes, helping them is the right thing to do, we should help them go back to their country of birth, even though that would be unpopular with the liberals. Show illegal aliens that we are a nation of law and if you break it you are punished not rewarded.

24. #24
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:57 am, Barry F. said:

    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:54 am, rambler said:

    …This is like having a thief break into a home and then complain that there wasn’t enough stuff to steal…

    I like that analogy, rambler.

25. #25
    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:59 am, J S Ragman said:

    In the past two years, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Oklahoma have refused in-state tuition benefits to students who entered the USA illegally with their parents but grew up and went to school in the state.

    Hey, what’s everybody so steamed about? We can just make up the cost of in-state tuition discounts by charging them double for the emergency room visits, public school expenses (via property tax), and other taxes that they do pay. Oh, wait . . .

26. #26
    On July 7th, 2008 at 12:01 pm, swmbo said:

    This is like having a thief break into a home and then complain that there wasn’t enough stuff to steal. SENT THESE UNGRATFUL WHINERS HOME!

    I love when people put my thoughts into words.

27. #27
    On July 7th, 2008 at 12:18 pm, Send_Me said:

    It’s somewhat ironic: Illegal aliens seeking freedom in the United States are coming from predominantly socialist countries, which prompts the Democrats to enact socialistic policies.
    Hmm, or could it be that socialists are encouraging more of their “poor, tired, and hungry” to emigrate illegally to the United States so they’ll have more power to introduce more socialism in the U.S. and better be able to “support” the masses through all its resources?
    Forget the chain link fence. We need an anti-vehicular minefield, anti-vehicular berm, barbed-wire fence, anti-personnel minefield, then the chain-link fence with little signs saying, “Stop Mines!/¡parada! campo de minas”. This will also provide a great training environment for our UAV pilots.

28. #28
    On July 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm, arnold ziffel said:

    I love the “why should the chirren suffer for the parent’s actions” routine.

    Lets say I cheated on my taxes or embezzled from my company and was able to acquire extensive wealth. I then provided all types of luxury items for my family including sending the kids to an ivy leage university.

    When I was eventually caught and all the ill-gotten assests seized, would not my family suffer for my actions?

29. #29
    On July 7th, 2008 at 12:27 pm, dan_bujok said:

    OK, so let me get this straight…my sister and her family moved up from California to Seattle (mind you they are all natural born citizens-though CA’s status is in question). The colleges here (as well as the rest of the country) said you have to be an instate resident for over a year to be eligible for instate tuition. Now if she moved from, ooh say, Mexico, they would be covered by a lot of the states laws (and this whacked out give give give legislature)???

    Just saying…

30. #30
    On July 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, zorro said:

    It’s hard to tell where McCain stands on this issue. He denounced it verbally but did not vote to defeat it.

31. #31
    On July 7th, 2008 at 1:30 pm, SPCOlympics said:

    I thought the leftist rationale for allowing illegals into the country was that they are coming to do the low skill jobs we citizens won’t do like picking strawberries or cleaning toilets.

    So why do they and their children need to go to universities! Shouldn’t they be in the fields keeping lettuce affordable?

32. #32
    On July 7th, 2008 at 2:39 pm, graysonret said:

    Don’t try to understand leftist rationale. It will only confuse you. I don’t think they even know what their rationale is; just that it sounds good and they walk away feeling good. That’s all they need to understand. That’s the reason why I can’t be left anymore. None of it makes any sense these days.

33. #33
    On July 7th, 2008 at 3:10 pm, maisy said:

    And the Boston Globe has the usual sob story about hard working illegals sending money home and buying homes in their own countries!! How’s that for a melting pot….or should we call it what it is….Using Americans for their own benefit….Forget about wanting to be Americans…all they want is to use us and lose us…..Makes me ill how this is being allowed….
    KICK EM ALL OUT NOW!!!Read another story about the hospitals folding in NJ under the weight of these freeloaders….CRIMINAL!

34. #34
    On July 7th, 2008 at 3:14 pm, rambler said:

    These bleeding heart libs who think illegals deserve anything, should put THEIR MONEY where their mouth is. Let them sponsor a bunch of illegals out of their own pockets; provide housing, job training, education, teach them english, provide health ins and then see how many of them still favor amnesty! I’ll bet they slink away.

35. #35
    On July 7th, 2008 at 4:09 pm, Yankee Oppressor said:

    And the problem is….?

36. #36
    On July 7th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, markedmanner said:

    And apparently illegal immigrant group CHIRLA thinks it is ridiculous that people without a social security number can not get student aide! SEE HERE more troubling is the fact my local library carries the KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DVD that teaches illegals to make it as difficult as they can for law enforcement.

37. #37
    On July 7th, 2008 at 8:13 pm, starlightwoman said:

    can illegal aliens get sob-story coverage for their complaints about being denied in-state college tuition benefits. The USAT headline: “Illegal immigrants face threat of no college.”

    Boo-frickin-hoo. I started back to school when I was 27 worked my way through and got my degree when I was 35. I don’t care to hear the bull.

    My kids are now taking student loans and working their way through. I’m sick and tired of illegals thinking that everything should be handed to them when they don’t belong here to begin with.

38. #38
    On July 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Like the comment by YankeeOppressor (#35) says: And the problem is…what, exactly?

    “The new trend is to kick illegal aliens out of college altogether,” says William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee, which opposes taxpayer subsidies for undocumented immigrants.

    It’s a good start.

    We’re supposed to feel bad that rules are in place? We’re supposed to change the rules so lawbreakers can be rewarded? Alternative headline: “States Doing Their Jobs, Nothing to Report.” Or the article could highlight the other side by bringing up which states changed the rules regarding in-state tuition to illegals and when they did so. All I got from the article in that respect was that ten states did it a few years ago. How about looking at how we got to this point where we allow illegals into our colleges?

    Oh, yes, that was addressed in a blog entry that the article links to further down the page. The blog was a better piece of journalism than the main article.

    Since I had a problem getting in-state tuition (never did get it), even though I had the documents I needed, why are some states waiving the rules for illegals? Waiving and bending rules has become status quo,* and it’s good to know that some still haven’t given in to the sympathy mentality. Leadership includes tough love. Gotta do what’s in the best interest of the general population, not do what’s the kindest thing for a group of people who know they break the law every day they stay in our country. They are not victims of the system, They’re reaping the benefits of the system’s flaws. Doesn’t that make us victims of the system?

    If illegals cared, if they felt bad about living here, they’d find a way to go back where they belonged, but they don’t care, they don’t feel bad. In fact, they feel entitled.

    The sentiment has spread to our own citizens. We sympathize. We don’t care, we don’t feel bad that we allowed this to happen. Any calls of caution are nonsensical, cruel, and racist.

    It’s going to get worse before it gets any better, unless we keep up the pressure.

    In another example of editorializing the news, the #4 USAT Education story currently is
    

    Ex-science director sues Texas agency in creationism tiff

    Tiff, eh? Definition of tiff: a petty quarrel.

    Not a very subtle opinion in a news headline. If it’s a petty quarrel, why is it news?

    *Under the banner of the late-Aught’s buzzword “change.” US and European history will define this period as an era of social evolution, when a lot of people lost their freakin’ minds. Not exactly how I pictured a post-9/11 world.

39. #39
    On July 7th, 2008 at 8:55 pm, Dimsdale said:

    On July 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am, englishqueen01 said:

    Guess what? Had I not gotten a scholarship, I wouldn’t have gone to college, either.

    Only thing is I’m a citizen. As were my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. And - given the rise in admissions quotas and racial preferences - I’m willing to bet most kids my son’s age will face the threat of no college for not being “diverse” enough.

    So forgive me for not feeling bad that people who are here illegally can’t get discounted tuition.

    I wish it were only in state tuition we had to worry about. What happens when you have a limited number of seats for admission, and they some “genius” of a liberal gets it into his/her noggin that illegal invaders need to have “affirmative action” for the illegals, and a certain number of seats will be set aside.

    I suppose nothing much will happen until a black applicant gets wait listed to make room for an illegal.

40. #40
    On July 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm, Dimsdale said:

    A list of Mexican universities:
    http://www.mexonline.com/univrsty.htm

    Nationwide

    Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), 27 campuses throughout Mexico.

    Aguascalientes

    Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

    Baja California

    Cetys University

    El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

    Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana

    Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

    Baja California Sur

    Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur

    Campeche

    Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

    Chihuahua

    Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez

    Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua

    Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

    Coahuila

    Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo

    Colima

    Universidad de Colima

    Guanajuato

    Universidad De Guanajuato

    Jalisco

    Universidad de Guadalajara

    Intituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente

    Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara

    Mexico City - Federal District

    El Colegio de Mexico

    Instituto Politécnico Nacional,

    United States International University - Mexico City

    Universidad Anáhuac del Sur

    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

    Michoacan

    El Colegio de Michoacán

    Universidad Michoacana

    Nayarit

    Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit

    Nuevo Leon

    Universidad de Monterrey

    Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

    Universidad Regiomontana

    Oaxaca

    Universidad del MAR

    Puebla

    Universidad de la Sierra

    Universidad de las Americas-Puebla

    Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla

    Queretaro

    Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro

    Quintana Roo

    Partenon University of Cozumel

    Universidad de Quintana Roo

    Sonora

    Instituto Tecnológico de Nogales

    University of Sonora

    Tabasco

    Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

    Tamaulipas

    Universidad de Noreste

    Veracruz

    Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.

    Universidad Veracruzana

    Yucatan

    Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida

    Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan

    Is there something wrong with these for Mexican residents? I bet they automatically get in state tuition!

41. #41
    On July 7th, 2008 at 9:49 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

    Opponents say students shouldn’t be penalized for their parents’ actions

    My parents aren’t rich like the Kennedys, so why should I be penalized by not having a place in Congress?

42. #42
    On July 7th, 2008 at 10:09 pm, Rob said:

    LIBERALS SUCK.. that made me feel better.