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CA Panel OKs College Aid for Illegal Residents

"The California Dream Act, as it's known, would enable undocumented immigrants to seek money from some programs," the Fresno Bee reports. Wow, this is really weird. American citizens that have had a drug conviction are not entitled to Federal Aid but illegal non citizens in CA can receive some aid? How does a person who has no legal right to be in the state of California have a right to financial aid? How does this even make sense? Some argue that they or their parents pay taxes so they are entitled. That argument doesn't really hold water. The fact that you pay taxes doesn't trump citizenship. Anyone can pay taxes, after all that is usually just a cost of doing a transaction (buying something, receiving a wage, etc.). However, citizen is something entirely different. Citizens have rights and responsibilities that non citizens don't have. Illegal non citizens shouldn't even have the rights of legal non citizens.

You can read the complete June 21, 2006 article on-line http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/12347553p-13077967c.html.

posted by Jameson Roane @ 11:38 AM