April 8, 2009 – Just imagine that you are a citizen in a third world country and you have a child that is 15 years old. That child has limited opportunities in your own country. Now imagine that right next door there is a large, industrialized nation that will allow illegal aliens to attend college, get in-state tuition and get on a path to citizenship. The only proviso is that to qualify for this program, children need to enter that large, industrialized country before their 16th birthday. What are you going to do?
The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, is now being considered by the Senate. The House is considering a similar bill that they are calling the American DREAM Act. Unfortunately, Americans are excluded from the benefits of these bills but they will be expected to foot the tax bill and incur some other penalties.
Essentially, these bills would give the states permission to allow illegal aliens who are entered the US before their 16th birthday to attend college. More importantly, it would allow the states to offer in-state tuition rates to these illegals; something that they can’t do under current federal law unless they offer in-state tuition to all Americans.
During the time that these illegal aliens are receiving their education, they would be given temporary legal status and put on a six year road to citizenship.
The DREAM Act flies in the face of logic and it is an insult any American paying taxes. The arguments that proponents of these bills are making in favor of the bills include:
- These children came to the US through no fault of their own and it is not fair to send them back to their country of origin,
- It is not practical to send them back to their country of origin,
- The United States needs a well educated work force.
Let’s take a look at each of these arguments.
I’ll grant that children who cross the border illegally probably didn’t do so on their own. But do we really want to reward their parents for breaking our laws by providing their children with college educations? Frankly, the DREAM Act appears to give illegals a new “anchor baby” foothold on the United States.
The argument that it isn’t fair to send these children back to their country of origin doesn’t hold much water either. When people commit crimes, their families are often hurt just as badly by their actions as their direct victims are. Should we stop punishing other forms of criminal activity simply because the families of the perpetrators are also hurt by their crimes? I don’t think anyone will argue in favor of this approach
The idea that it is not practical to send illegal aliens back to their country of origin is simply ridiculous. Any illegal alien that applies to go to college is notifying the government about where they live, and where to find them. These could perhaps be some of the simplest deportations that the United States faces.
And finally, the idea that the United States needs a well educated work force simply ignores the fact that tens of thousands of American citizens who want to go to college are turned away each year. Many of these people qualify for school but they can’t afford to go. In many cases, they can’t afford to pay out-of-state tuition rates. But this bill would reward illegal aliens with the potential for in-state tuition rates and not grant the same privilege to American citizens. That means that a bill that is being offered in the name of “fairness” is simply not fair to Americans.
The United States has the most liberal immigration policy of any western nation. You would never know this through if you listen to traditional media or activist groups like La Raza. In 2008, more than 1 million student visas were being used in the United States. But students that enter the country of a student visa must pay out of state tuition and are not eligible for federal aid – including medical, dental, etc… The services used by illegal aliens that are so costly to tax payers.
It is also disconcerting to realize that the children of tax paying Americans would now have to compete for entry to colleges with people who broke the law to get into the country in the first place. That is simply wrong.
Just in case you are interested, the DREAM Act is being sponsored by Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL). Durbin said, “Our immigration laws prevent thousands of young people from fully contributing to our nation’s future. These young people have lived in this country for most of their lives. It is the only home they know. They are American in every sense except their technical legal status.” In other words, he’d rather represent people who have never paid taxes in their lives and spit in the eye of his American constituents.
byJim Malmberg
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