Illegal Immigrants Don't Qualify For College Aid?!
Why would they? They're illegal! If they're illegal then why are they still here? Now don't get me wrong, I don't really think that we should go around deporting every illegal immigrant in the US. That idea is a little extreme, but the fact that their is an article about how this ILLEGAL immigrant wants student aid for college is ridiculous. She's the Valedictorian of her class, right. So why doesn't she go become a citizen if she's so smart. Is it that difficult to become a citizen? Chicago White Sox manager, Ozzie Guillen became a citizen and he comes across as being 'a few fries short of a happy-meal' (Listen to him talk, for Christ's sake). So if he can do it, then can't a Valedictorian too?
"I am tired of having to find ways around what normal teenager citizens do. I can't drive. I can't travel. I can't work. I can't apply to thousands of scholarships that are perfect for me."
Duh!, then become a citizen! It sounds to me like citizenship would fix all of your problems, so stop trying to get people to feel sorry for you and do something about it.
But for me personally, being an american college student, I'll be damned if I see student aid go to an illegal immigrant, Valedictorian or not, rather than a hard-working and deserving American citizen. I can predict what will happen with this girl though: People will feel sorry for this girl and give her money for tuition and she'll end up getting a full scholarship somewhere, while other deserving citizens will be in debt for years to come because of all the high interest loans they had to take out in order to pay for school.
Granted, she definitely deserves to get a higher education in the US, with all the hard work she has done in high school, but her problems can be easily solved. Immigrants need to stop whining about all the terrible opportunities and do something about it. I understand that it isn't easy for immigrants, but they do not deserve the same luxuries as US citizens. That just isn't fair.
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"I am tired of having to find ways around what normal teenager citizens do. I can't drive. I can't travel. I can't work. I can't apply to thousands of scholarships that are perfect for me."
Duh!, then become a citizen! It sounds to me like citizenship would fix all of your problems, so stop trying to get people to feel sorry for you and do something about it.
But for me personally, being an american college student, I'll be damned if I see student aid go to an illegal immigrant, Valedictorian or not, rather than a hard-working and deserving American citizen. I can predict what will happen with this girl though: People will feel sorry for this girl and give her money for tuition and she'll end up getting a full scholarship somewhere, while other deserving citizens will be in debt for years to come because of all the high interest loans they had to take out in order to pay for school.
Granted, she definitely deserves to get a higher education in the US, with all the hard work she has done in high school, but her problems can be easily solved. Immigrants need to stop whining about all the terrible opportunities and do something about it. I understand that it isn't easy for immigrants, but they do not deserve the same luxuries as US citizens. That just isn't fair.
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posted by The Pawn at 11:49 AM
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It's really not that hard to pass the citizenship test, the questions are here. There's alot of questions, but they're really not that hard.
Yea that just further proves my point. She learned all that in high school and even some of it in junior high. That article is just a load of propaganda for the immigrant movement. i.e. a load of bullshit. Thanks for the post woozie. hope to see you around.
see, the problem with this girl is that she was most likely completely raised in America for almost her entire life so she considers herself 100% American. Hell, in a sociological sence, she probably is about as American as anyone could be, but its the little piece of paper that she is lacking. You are completely correct in the fact that she should have been attempting to file for citizenship since she started highschool. There is a technicality in the legal system that allows for the children of illegal immigrants to have a right to education up through high school... but thats where it ends. The girl had every opportunity to get the ball rolling... the only problem is that she probably assumed that since it was ok for her to have illegal status before, that it would be fine to keep it that way. She took her education for granted.
That, or she was afraid applying for citizenship would red flag her parents to the Dept. of Immigration and get the whole lot of them deported. Then again, if she's calling attention to herself now regarding the issue, it makes me doubt how much fear she had, verses what rights she took for granted.
Ultimately, becoming a citizen, while an easy exam, is not an easy process. I know someone who's parents were Canadian and when she graduated high school she was being threatened with deportion. She wanted to stay here in the states and attend college and become a citizen, but Uncle Sam said "NO." She took the intiation back in her junior year to become a citizen. Apparently, a year wasn't enough.
I've got no sympathy for this Validvictorian girl. This is a lesson she's going to have to learn the hard way. Perhaps she should have paid attention to the issues that concerned her while she spent all those years hitting the books and studying hard. A little extra research would have helped.
Thanks for the post and the info on citizenship. She has definitely had more than enough time to get through the process of becoming a citizen, since she's been here since she was 6.
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