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Students In Legal Limbo After Immigration Fight
ReplyDeleteJulia Preston
This article is about college students that came out as illegal immigrants to try to help pass the Dream Act (which would give them residency in the country) in Washington. The act passed the House of Representatives but then failed in the Senate. The estimated 1.2 million people who could've benefited from the bill are now left in "legal twilight" as the author puts it. President Obama supports this bill but with Republicans holding important positions in the new house the chances are slim to none of it passing within the next couple of years.
Some representatives call this "an American nightmare" that would allow illegal immigrants to take our positions in jobs or schools. Few states, such as Colorado and Maryland welcome the idea of immigrants applying to their public colleges and even offer then a discounted rate.
I don't think that it's right to give an illegal immigrant, essentially a law breaker, a discounted rate into colleges that Americans have the right to go to. I have mixed feelings about the Dream Act in general, I think illegal immigrants should apply for residency in the U.S instead of hiding; but, on the other hand giving all the immigrants a green card is just giving other immigrants the "ok" to illegally come to the United States and just apply for residency when they need to with no consequences. It is sad and unfortunate when people who want a better life come to America illegally, get a degree, and end up washing dishes in a nearby Denny's because they don't have a social security number, but that's life. Applying for residency, even though it takes a long time to do, is better for everybody involved.