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April 24, 2009
DREAM Act to Provide In-State Tuition Benefits for Illegal Aliens! The recent reintroduction of the DREAM Act 2009 has revived the debate about the fairness of offering in-state tuition benefits to children of illegal immigrants. Watch this CNN clip in which FAIR's Media Director, Ira Mehlman debates Gumecindo Salas, Vice President of Governmental Relations with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. Ira discusses why U.S. taxpayers should not be held responsible for children of those here illegally and stresses the negative effect this plan would impose on U.S. legal residents competing for limited admission slots and financial aid in our colleges.
Bill bars illegal aliens from state colleges The Missouri state House of Representatives voted 125-30 on Thursday to approve a bill that would bar illegal immigrants from attending Missouri public universities. Supporters of the legislation argue that state resources shouldn't be used to benefit illegal immigrants. The Springfield News-Leader has the latest.
Economy May Force Obama to Abandon Plan to Overhaul Immigration Bloomberg's Nicholas Johnston writes that while President Obama has said he remains "committed to fixing our broken immigration system" this year, the current economic recession and highest unemployment rate in more than 25 years would make it difficult for him to push legislation that would legalize millions of immigrants in the country illegally and create a new guest-worker program. Read the story here.
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