Colo. Senate OKs in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

[Bailey Guns]

I have no problem with immigrants who come here legally and follow the rules in place...regardless of where they're from.

[68Charger]

can we get Dues' title changed to "part-time troll"?

[Seamonkey]

This pissed me off when I heard it and two days later I'm still pissed.

Why do non-citizens have more benefits (in-state tuition) than citizens?
Why are the politicians not being brought up on "aiding and abetting a criminal" charges or the like?
Why is this open ended? If they had said for the next two years we will allow this to happen as part of an overhaul of our immigration system then it would be less difficult to choke on but open ended? That's not right.

I'm all for educating people, helping them escape the circle of poverty and allowing for a path to citizen ship but this just smacks me right in the stomach. We can afford to bomb yet another Muslim country, fight two wars but can't lower tuition costs for our own citizens yet can do it for illegals? WTF??? Why?


We need a grown up discussion on immigration but it won't happen until the politicians get around to it.

In my opinion you can't kick them all out... people will go into hiding even worse than they are now. A fence or mines across the border won't work either. Penn and Teller did a show where they built a copy of the proposed fence and had three teams cross. One over, one through, one under. I think the slowest team was still under 1m30sec. How can you catch, detain, process and release a never ending flood?

The system needs revamping as everyone knows but... how? who? when? I don't have the solution and haven't really seen an agreeable plan yet. There's going to be some sort of amnesty program, I don't see how you could bring change without that. I don't agree with it, don't like it, think it rewards criminals but... don't see how a change in immigration procedures would happen without some sort of amnesty. Unfortunalty anytime the subject is brought up the politicians hide behind party lines and fling poo at each other.


And there's the usual line of "well I guess you're parents are Native Americans and didn't migrate into the country". Bull shit. I have no way of knowing how my ancestors entered the country but that line still doesn't work. I don't know what the immigration process was 300 years ago. If you go back far enough then the "native" people migrated from current Siberia so, if you go back far enough, all our ancestors came from someplace else. Guess we're all Africans eh?

[Ed_S]

I have no problem with immigrants who come here legally and follow the rules in place...regardless of where they're from.

Glad to hear that as I'm a 'legal' immigrant.

For the record illegals piss me off too. What pisses me more though is the fact that we know where they are and do nothing about it!

I can't see how the CO Senate can support illegal students as you're supposed to show your immigration status for higher education - a student visa. Does that mean CO is performing an illegal action by doing this just the same as a business is doing so by employing an illegal.

A lot of libtards give AZ grief regarding their policies on illegals but don't realize its a Federal requirement to prove employment status not a state requirement.

My first day at work here in CO I had to show my Green Card! Not that I mind in the slightest.

Illegals - round them up and ship them out! If the libtards don't like it they should go South of the border too.

[Bailey Guns]

I have some very good friends here who recently moved from their home country. It cost them a fortune...not to mention the brain damage involved in completing all the necessary paperwork and such. I'm happy they're here.

I'm happy for anyone who gets to come here LEGALLY. It's the "legally" part that seems to confuse so many otherwise intelligent people.

And it does seem that any state legislator that would sponsor such an act should be criminally culpable.

And, like you, I have to prove my legal right to work here.

[Geology Rocks]

People always call me out on this because my family is 100% Italian. I am 2nd generation on both sides of my family and I still have a large portion of family in Naples Italy. I say build a big fence and not let anyone else in and deport those who are here illegally. People always then bring up my family to which I reply...

-Grandpa moved her legally from Sicily, and my other Grandpa moved her Legally from Naples.
- Both learned to speak English BEFORE they came over.
- Grandpa from Naples moved here first, got a job and worked hard. he then brought my grandmother over, who also spoke English by the way. After they were here my Grandfather opened his own poultry shop in Boston.
- When my parents were born, BOTH sides taught them Italian but also told them to only speak it in the house if they wanted too. You were NOT to speak it outside. Why? We are in America and Americans now! They were both so excited to be in America. This is also the reason why I don't speak Italian. They didnt share it as we are Americans now!

That's the type of immigration I am ALL for. Everyone else and go away.

oh and build a fence at the Canadian boarder as well. Damn beavers coming down here trying to steal our Lord Stanley

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[roberth]

The left relishes illegal immigration b/c illegal immigration violates so many of the high standards that this country once held.

[theGinsue]

And, like you, I have to prove my legal right to work here.

I've had to prove my citizenship status and legal right to work in the last 2 positions I've been employed in. All this while maintaining a U.S. Government security clearance.

[Mtn.man]

I'm of Viking heritage we got here before Columbus.