DieHardBrownsFan Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Why would you give benefits to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS??????? California allows college aid to illegal immigrants By Greg Lucas | Reuters – 15 hrs ago California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before … SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the "Dream Act." The controversial measure, which passed the Democrat-controlled legislature on a party-line vote in September, represents a victory for immigrant-rights activists ahead of the 2012 presidential election. California is the nation's most populous state. Only two other states, Texas and New Mexico, allow illegal immigrants to qualify for state financial aid for college, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. "Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual excitement and creative thinking," Brown said in a written statement issued by his office. "The Dream Act benefits us all by giving top students a chance to improve their lives and the lives of all of us," he said. Brown in July fulfilled a campaign promise by signing into law a companion bill to allow illegal immigrants to receive privately-funded college scholarships. Together the two bills have been dubbed the "California Dream Act." A federal Dream Act that would have created a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who attend college or serve in the military failed in Senate last year. Opponents of the California Dream Act have argued that public funds should not be used to help illegal immigrants, especially as California faces deep budget woes that have prompted cuts in education and higher tuitions at the state's public colleges and universities. "Citizens are having a hard enough time getting the classes they need now," Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Hesperia Republican, wrote in a September 9 letter to Brown urging him to veto the legislation. "(California already offers) students in the country illegally in-state tuition; legally documented students from the next state over can only dream of such a benefit," Donnelly said. California is one of about a dozen states that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition, based on attendance and graduation from a state high school. Under the new law, written by Senator Gil Cedillo, a Los Angeles Democrat, those same illegal immigrants would be eligible for aid from the University of California, California State university system and the state's 112 community colleges. They could also apply for Cal Grants, which are cash awards based on academic performance. For the 2007-2008 academic year, the University of California reports that less than three-tenths of one percent of the system's 220,000 students were immigrants who qualified for in-state tuition. More than 68 percent of those 1,941 students were U.S. citizens or "documented" immigrants, according to the University of California. At the state universities, the new law would affect 3,633 students, or less than one percent of the 440,000 students enrolled in the current school year. Of the nearly 2.9 million community college enrollees, 34,057 would be affected (Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Greg McCune) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. T Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Do the illegal aleins get a voters registration card at the same time? I assume it comes along with the welfare chacks they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 and you can bet, T, that those illegals are COVETED for their future vote blocks. It's a mental disorder, I swear, to lavish soon to be Dem/socialist/corrupt/illegal voters with entitlements. It has to stop. I believe it's time for all those who are NOT sleazeballs, to leave California and let the sickoes have it. California is probably going to end up a terrorist state in the UN after some huge earthquake divides it from the US, out into the ocean. After all the decent folks get out of there, maybe it would be best if it just sank... and all the sickoes could swim safely to shore - to Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosar_For_President Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 I agree, fook free education for illegals. More bullshit spending and "regulation". I put regulation in quote, hopefully I will get a chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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