Supporters on the campus said now that they have cleared the first hurdle, they hope to push into law the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which would provide undocumented students a pathway to citizenship if they pursue a college degree or serve in the military.
“It’s great that the state has been able to have such great changes,” said sophomore Diana Villatoro-Sancho, the public relations vice president for the Latino Student Union. “But it’s also important to not just move onto a national level, but to slowly move out of the borders of Maryland.”
The state DREAM Act’s passage means undocumented immigrants who have completed 60 community college credits, attended a state high school for at least three years and proven they or their parents have filed state taxes for at least three years will be eligible to pay in-state tuition rates at public institutions.
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I'm sorry but we're facing a "fiscal cliff", schools have not money & aren't going to get any yet we can have illegal aliens pay in state tuition. Again, Illegal???
Give me a break.
Free or reduced tuition for illegal immigrants. Obama is proposing reduction/elimination of student loan debt. Sure wish I could have gone to school for 1/2 or less. Oops, I forgot, I'm a tax paying, working white guy. No freebies for us. You know, we could begin advertising abroad regarding our free education opportunities, attract a few billion more immigrants and Obama and his ilk can gurantee reelection forever. Let's do it!!!
2:59 Resident of Maryland? Then you can get the exact same tuition rate as those under the dream act.
3:30, One very big difference, I've been paying Md taxes my entire damn life. The Dream Act recpients haven't paid a cent for their free ride. My guess is that you vouche for giving them all a little more! Have at it!
No one lives in Maryland without paying taxs.
50% on welfare and now this ?
These "dream" idiots need to go to their own country for an education. ILLEGAL is illegal. Jail or deportation. Or, be honorable and leave on your own. WE don't need to give THEM any free rides. We have enough FREEloaders already.
Many Americans believe that some relatively minor federal programs receive much more in federal spending than they actually do, as the following examples illustrate:
Foreign aid: Americans estimate foreign aid at 10 percent of the federal budget, and a fifth think it represents about 30 percent of the money the government spends. Actual spending on foreign aid is less than one percent.
Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: The public estimates that the government spends about 5 percent on public television and radio, when the actual amount is approximately one-tenth of one percent.
Pensions and benefits for government workers: On average, Americans think the federal government spends about 10 percent; 3.5 percent is a more accurate estimate.
Food and housing assistance for the poor: Americans' spending estimates are three to four times higher than the actual costs of these programs.
Spending by the Federal government is divided into two categories: mandatory and discretionary.
Mandatory spending includes programs — mostly entitlement programs — that are funded by eligibility rules or payment rules, authorized by permanent laws. In this case, Congress creates a program and then determines who is eligible for the program, how much each eligible participant will receive, and any other criteria. Spending is then determined by estimates of the number of eligible participants. Congress may change the eligibility and participant funding levels at any time.
Mandatory spending makes up about two-thirds of the total federal budget and includes programs such as Social Security (the largest), Medicare, veterans’ benefits, food stamps, along with interest on the national debt.
Discretionary spending refers to the portion of the budget that Congress approves through the annual appropriations process. In this case, Congress directly sets spending levels of individual discretionary programs, meaning that they may increase or decrease spending on any of those programs in a given year.
Discretionary programs include activities such as defense, education, the FBI and the Coast Guard, housing, foreign aid, space exploration, highway construction, border patrol, agriculture, immigration, and emergency disaster relief, among others. The discretionary budget is about one-third of total federal spending.
Hope that helps some of you.
aliens in the (our) military? Willing to pledge allegiance?
3:30 PM:
Instate LEGALS should get a better "deal". Don't you think?
Yes, we already have enough freeloaders!
To 321, You are correct but fail to mention where education falls.
You also fail to note that the Fed income is immediately overspent by the mandatory spending programs, leaving nothing for discretionary spending but borrowing more money from China or whomever.
So, if someone is upset over yet another money giveaway to ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY, they are reasonable people.
Obviously, these facts that you know do not upset you.
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Who is going to fill the low paying/below minimum wage jobs that the immigrants will vacate?
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