Deal Is Reached on Immigration Bill Affecting Students, Says Senate Leader
Washington — Momentum appears to be building in Congress for passage of immigration legislation that could make some illegal immigrants eligible for certain federal programs, including student aid.
In an interview with the Gannett News Service that was published over the weekend, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, a Democrat of Nevada, said that President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, a Republican of Arizona, had reached agreement on how to proceed with a comprehensive immigration bill. Senator Reid said that he did not expect “much of a fight at all” over the legislation, which would overhaul the nation’s immigration laws.
Congress tried to pass an immigration bill last year, but it failed for reasons unrelated to the education provisions. Those pieces of the bill, which were taken from the Dream Act, would have created a path to permanent residency for immigrant students and would have made it easier for states to charge cheaper in-state tuition rates to some illegal immigrants. —Kelly Field
http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=5555&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Which makes perfect sense to me. And if your parent is an illegal criminal alien, you can declare independence and stand on your own two feet.
I believe the children of home-grown tax cheats face the same set of issues.
Can a nineteen year old feasibly go to court and declare emancipation from his/her illegal parents? If the parents are illegal, then the courts have no jurisdiction over them, correct? If the person is 19 and a US citizen, they are already considered to be adults, and emancipated due to their age right? If they already stand on their own two feet…pay taxes, hold full time jobs, registered to vote, have their own credit etc. then they are already emancipated. They have already declared their independence, and are US citizens to boot. What more should they do?
NO consensus for Amnesty –
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Zogby-Post-Election-Poll-Reveals/story.aspx?guid=%7B9845720F-066E-4CC5-826F-4A60B0621A02%7D