I have to admit that I am shocked & incensed, but it would appear that California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed a very controversial bill into a law. This new law, now lets ILLEGAL immigrants attend California’s public colleges & universities with scholarships that are privately funded. It is being called the California Dream Act. Now I don’t know about you but, I think attending a college or a university, in America, should be a privilege reserved for U.S. born and legal immigrant residents of the United States.
My reasons for this are that while immigrants are welcomed and encouraged here in the U.S., as that’s the American way, doing it legally should be a no-brainer. Legal immigrants are basically temporary guests until such time as they go back to their original home or apply for a U.S. citizenship. While they are here, they have rules and regulations to follow. Just as citizens who are born here in American. Why should illegal immigrants who flaunt their disregard of the rules be rewarded for doing so; when many legal immigrants, who do things by the book, honor our system? That isn’t right to reward illegals by giving them a free ride when our own citizens don’t get that same level of benefits.
The thing is, not only will they get private scholarships to go to college…but, they have to have money to live on. How will they get food and money to pay for other necessities? So while they may get private scholarships to go to school…they must turn to the public to meet their other needs. Already the state of California is struggling financially to meet it’s obligations to those who live there; you know, people that legally have the right to live there. What about medical care? What if those illegal immigrants have children while they are here? Those children will be U.S. citizens…but, then the parents have the ability to try to petition the courts to try to stay here as well. Who picks up the tab in the meantime? We all know the answer to that…residents of the United States who pay their taxes are stuck picking up the tab to provide for them. It just isn’t right.
There are some individuals who think that by educating the illegals that it will help our country by causing them to pay taxes. Yeah right, first of all, illegals don’t want to be noticed by government agencies. They don’t want to be sent back to the countries that they came from. Truthfully, why would they? They can live here…find jobs that will pay them under the table, keep Uncle Sam’s portion for themselves, go to college…often have babies here in America for free, and send money back home where it is worth much more than it is here…and be doing quite well, all things considered.
I happen to think that it is outrageous that Governor Jerry Brown would slap Americans in the face by taking this action. It is what I call poor leadership that will have a negative impact on our nation. As the head politicians, he should be enforcing the laws of his country, not creating ways around the laws of the nation. This country is experiencing a time-bomb regarding our ceiling of debt that has the potential to paralyze our country financially; and, he dares to spread out the welcome mat to people that he feels we need to invest in. The illegal immigrants shouldn’t be America’s obligation financially.
What are your thoughts on this matter? Oh and before you jot down your opinion…just know that there is another bill being considered in the legislature for public scholarships to be extended to illegal immigrants in the United States as well. That would squarely place the brunt of the cost, of sending ILLEGAL immigrants, directly onto the American taxpayer who may or may not be able to afford to send their own family members to college. Is this fair? Tell me what you think!
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