Here is another example of why, I think, many citizens are frustrated with politicians catering to illegal aliens. There's no commonsense involved.
Higher Ed Cmte Denies Asm Mark Wyland’s Request to Put
Guardians of Our Freedom Before Illegals
Sacramento—The Assembly Higher Education Committee today rejected a bill (AB 2472) authored by Assemblyman Mark Wyland (R-74) that would have rescinded the law allowing illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition and eliminated the one-year residency rule for reservists and veterans and their dependents needed to qualify for in-state tuition.
“The events of the past few days have, unfortunately, exposed a deep rift in our state between those who believe that citizenship matters and those who don’t. The Assembly Higher Education Committee has made that rift deeper by summarily rejecting a bill that would have helped men and women in uniform whose commitment to this country goes far beyond the mere act of taking to the streets to demand ‘rights,’” said Wyland. “We cannot long survive as a country if we insist on turning equity on its head by putting last those whom we should be putting first.”
In 2001, then-Governor Gray Davis signed AB 540 (Firebaugh), which allows nonresident students, regardless of citizenship status, to pay in-state college tuition rates. In 2002, the Assembly Appropriations Committee rejected a bill (AB 1841, Hollingsworth) that would have extended in-state tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges to reservists and veterans who resided in the state but did not meet residency requirements. The reason that Democrats gave for rejecting the bill was that the state could not afford to extend in-state tuition to both illegals and military personnel.
The bill offered by Asm Wyland today was meant to make the funds dedicated to subsidizing tuition rates for illegals available to active duty military, reservists, veterans, and their dependents.
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National polling data re: illegal immigration issues:
Gallup Poll (March 27) finds 80 percent of the public wants the federal government to get tougher on illegal immigration.
A Quinnipiac University Poll (March 3) finds 62 percent oppose making it easier for illegals to become citizens (72 percent in that poll don't even want illegals to be permitted to have driver's licenses).
Time Magazine's recent poll (Jan. 24-26) found 75 percent favor "major penalties" on employers of illegals, 70 percent believe illegals increase the likelihood of terrorism and 57 percent would use military force at the Mexican-American border.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (March 10-13) found 59 percent opposing a guest-worker proposal, and 71 percent would more likely vote for a congressional candidate who would tighten immigration controls.
An IQ Research poll (March 10) found 92 percent saying that securing the U.S. border should be a top priority of the White House and Congress.
Yet, according to a National Journal survey of Congress, 73 percent of Republican and 77 percent of Democratic congressmen and senators say they would support guest-worker legislation.
Who do our leaders represent? American voters or Mexican aliens?
Yeah, I hadn't read these particular stats but know the disparity between what the voters think and what politicians do is huge.
I think many politicians don't want to be seen as anti-Mexican but I think that those who worked hard to come here legally understand the major difference between them and illegal aliens.
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