Illegals Today

Abstract: The Senate's immigration reform bill's DREAM Act repeals federal law that prohibits any state from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens unless the state also offers in-state tuition rates to all U.S. citizens. The DREAM Act would retroactively change federal law to pardon ten states which have enacted laws in violation of that policy. This Backgrounder argues that allowing in-state tuition for illegal aliens encourages the violation of federal immigration law and is unfair to legal aliens and out-of state U.S. citizens. It shows how the DREAM Act would create another type of amnesty for illegal aliens who entered the country before the age of 16 and concludes that the Rule of Law can be fully restored only if all levels of government are working to uphold it. Read the article here.

"The Senate Immigration Bill Rewards Lawbreaking: Why the Dream Act is a Nightmare"
KRIS W. KOBACH, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, No. 1960, August 14, 2006.

Labels: Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, Dream Act

"The Democrats are promoting legislation known as the Dream Act, which would give permanent residency status to certain children of illegal immigrants, but only if they came to the country before age 16 and had graduated from high school. Supporters say the measure, which will see a vote tomorrow in the Senate (Oct. 24), is very narrowly tailored." Full article here. Sure. And no one would possibly lie about that in order to get state tuition, would they? President Bush and the Democrats were roundly defeated on amnesty, so now they will try nibbling us to death, sneaking it in line by line. Time to e-mail and phone your representatives--yet again.

Dick Durbin (D-IL) was going to have a press conference and invite the illegals. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) said, "I call on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to detain any illegal aliens at this press conference. Just because these illegal aliens are being used for political gain doesn’t mean they get immunity from the law."

Go get 'em, Tom. Somebody's got to save the country, and on this issue, it won't be Bush.

Labels: Amnesty, Democrats, Dream Act, Tom Tancredo