Comments on: Only in America…

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:09:48 +0000

LIBERALS SUCK.. that made me feel better.

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:49:20 +0000

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?

By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:02:25 +0000

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!

By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:55:05 +0000

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.

By: CO2 Producer

CO2 Producer — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:46:45 +0000

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.

By: starlightwoman

starlightwoman — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:13:58 +0000

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.

By: markedmanner

markedmanner — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:27 +0000

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.

By: Yankee Oppressor

Yankee Oppressor — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:09:46 +0000

And the problem is….?

By: rambler

rambler — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:14:41 +0000

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.

By: maisy

maisy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:10:12 +0000

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!

By: graysonret

graysonret — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:39:54 +0000

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.

By: SPCOlympics

SPCOlympics — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:13 +0000

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?

By: zorro

zorro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:36:06 +0000

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

By: TacJammer

TacJammer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:28:40 +0000

There goes my “nice guy” image…

I try to keep this blog to a “PG” rating. I really do….

By: dan_bujok

dan_bujok — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:27:47 +0000

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…