Arkansas Hispanic Newspaper Wants 10,000 People to Sign Petition in Support of In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens
Update to prior story: In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens - Arkansas SB799 - It's Unconstitutional. Sen. Joyce Elliott sent the following words in an email to people who contacted her about her bill to allow instate tuition for illegal aliens (SB799):
If you are concerned, then call your Arkansas State Senator in Little Rock and shout "No Way to giving ILLEGAL Aliens access to instate tuition." If you don't, then don't complain later when your child, grandchild or a family member looses their job to a fellow University (pick a college name) graduate who was an ILLEGAL alien while attending college.
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"It has absolutely nothing to do with illegal aliens. Nothing. If undocumented students are prevented from paying their own way, not using your money or mine, our children and grandchildren will be burdened with a whole underclass of folks who will be a drag on the future of our children and grandchildren. These students have done nothing wrong. Nothing. They are graduates of Arkansas schools and just want an opportunity to go to college at their own expense without having to pay double and triple the tuition rate other Arkansas graduates pay."In response to Elliot's comments, one recipient said,
"How ridiculous, and how galling of her to make such a fictitious statement. But I am afraid she will make many legislators believe it. There would be no need for her bill if these students weren't here illegally. Children of illegal aliens who are born here (called anchor babied) are citizens and have no problem at all getting into college as a resident. "Undocumented students" is just a euphemism for illegal aliens. Illegal aliens is the way federal law and state laws refers to them. And students of illegal aliens become illegal and deportable at age 18 1/2. How many students do you have in college that are not 18 1/2 years of age sometime during their first year of college. And if these students should become citizens as her bill proposes, they would be able to bring extended family here as well and on and on the cycle would go."Elliot used another euphemism when she called her bill, supporting ILLEGAL Aliens, "The Dream Act." Now, Eddie Garcia, publisher/editor of Amigo News, an Arkansas Hispanic newspaper, has sent out an email asking people to "sign the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock petition (bring along all your friends too)! Our goal is 10,000 signatures to present to the Senate Education Committee, during the Special Order for this bill on Monday, March 23, 2009 . Help to reach the goal of our students in reaching for their DREAMS." By "our students," he means ILLEGAL Aliens. Does the Little Rock Diocese speak for all Arkansas Catholics in supporting in-state college tuition for ILLEGAL Aliens in violation of U.S. law? After these ILLEGAL Aliens graduate with an Arkansas University degree, will they want your son's or daughter's jobs? Of course they will! They may even wish to run for elected office. After all, we first gave them an elementary education, then a secondary education and now they expect a college education. What do you think they are going to do with that education, serve you at a local restaurant? No, with their American college education, they will expect full access to all rights, benefits, and jobs (the good ones of course). What happened to the "rule of law" in Arkansas?
If you are concerned, then call your Arkansas State Senator in Little Rock and shout "No Way to giving ILLEGAL Aliens access to instate tuition." If you don't, then don't complain later when your child, grandchild or a family member looses their job to a fellow University (pick a college name) graduate who was an ILLEGAL alien while attending college.
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Posted by Bill Smith at 9:50 PM - Post Link
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This whole issue is so difficult. It is such a fine line between loving your neighbor and protecting our interests and the interests of our future generations. The Bishop clouds the issue by claiming he is working for human rights rather than illegal immigrants, but let's face it, that is splitting hairs and is disingenuous. Please let us call a cow a cow.
One of the problems I had with Joyce Elliot's statement was that these kids should go to college on our dime now, rather than put their burden onto our future generations. First, the American Dream is built on hard work and sacrifice. If these illegal kids want an education, they should earn it and pay for it, while working through the system for legal status. We don't have to hand them anything on a silver platter. We earned it, or our forefathers did, now they should do the same. Second, who is to say that our future generations can't fend for themselves, they might even come up with solutions we haven't thought up yet.
I believe in education, heck, I work in the University system. But I can tell you we have gone astray, and this is not the way to go, not at all. Have you noticed the dichotomy in the rhetoric coming from the current administration? We are funneling money into higher ed, and creating jobs building roads. I haven't met a liberal arts major yet who had any interest in picking up a shovel. We are creating a highly educated, liberal-minded, welfare state. God help us.
This is something that just by providing information that is already out there (I am just a messenger); this information may put me or family in danger, but as the Lord stated "Live by the sword and die by it". So, I will live on serving the Lord's poor.
The National Geographic or similar to it, did a documentary on immigrants some homeless and showed hate groups were taking the lead in violence and political issues against the immigrants. It also showed that undercover federal and state law enforcement were involved in an operation that is from California to Arkansas. It did show Arkansas as also being involved in hate crimes that range from assault to murder. That why I am amazed that our Attorney General stated on the Newspaper that he was not aware of any profiling and I would add hate crimes. Maybe he is aware, but the impression is NO, he is NOT aware. I have been told by hispanic people that robberies and assaults have happened to them many times here in Arkansas.
This makes the immigrants the perfect victim when it comes to assaulting or robbing them, I mean where are they going to get help, here in Arkansas? They are afraid of getting deported and leaving their families behind.
I have shed many tears when the innocent children are deprived of giving them a hand up which will in return be paid back by providing hard working and smart people. Our own late Lt Governor Rockefeller's (God Bless his soul) foundation did a study on immigrants to see if they were costing the state in tax dollars, the answer was no!! They are actually paying more in taxes then getting out. Now the shift is criminalized them and their associates. Perhaps it time to change the Statue of Liberty Quotation from: "Bring me your poor and tired..", to: "Making lots of years of RED tape for becoming American Citizens, and a diplomatic way of continuing racism." Children are innocent and desire better in the land of the free? In the 80s it was "Tear Down this Wall!!" Now its "Build this Wall Faster, Longer and Higher."
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