College Board Backs Bill to Legalize Undocumented Students

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i dissagree with kevin ↓ that shouldnt be the way to do it.

golpson of CA 11:36AM April 23, 2009

i think everyone deserves a chance to be in school and no matter where their from! many of the famous important people we know today came from another state and still made it big! not everyone that come form somewhere else is useless! give them a chance to prove to you what they have to show for our country! not letting undocumented kids in school is just like racism! if racism is a bd thing and offends people then so does this situation. many students that are on the honor role arent able to continue going to school just because their undocumented and thats not fair for them. they went to school for a reason, fo a better living and you arent giving them that opportunity! thats just stupid! you guys suck and need to reeally see what you lost.

golpson matthews of CA 11:34AM April 23, 2009

i think everyone deserves a chance to be in school and no matter where their from! many of the famous important people we know today came from another state and still made it big! not everyone that come form somewhere else is useless! give them a chance to prove to you what they have to show for our country! not letting undocumented kids in school is just like racism! if racism is a bd thing and offends people then so does this situation. many students that are on the honor role arent able to continue going to school just because their undocumented and thats not fair for them. they went to school for a reason, fo a better living and you arent giving them that opportunity! thats just stupid! you guys suck and need to reeally see what you lost.

golpson matthews of CA 11:32AM April 23, 2009

I once heard that the US only has 2 million PhDs! :(
I've always said that if you want to come to the US you should pass an intelligence test. So this is good enough.

Kevin of TX 10:56PM April 22, 2009

The College Board is so wrong to advocate this position. Law abiding poor and middle class parents and their children will be the losers. Mike Of IL is so wrong to state that Americans will not lose. There are only so many slots particularly at competitive schools and to think that illegals will get the chance is mind boggling. The true losers will be the Black, Hispanic and Native American students from poor backgrounds who will be shut out by illegals. There is only so much college aid Mike, it is not infinite.
About 75% of the illegals are from Mexico and the Mexican elite loves the fact that it exports the poor to The United States. The tax rate is so low (14% per NY Times) and tax collection so corrupt that the state can not educate or build the infrastructure to be a modern country. Yet it is so wealthy it is the 13th largest economy in the world.
It is very hurtful that U.S. citizens who are law abiding and spend their lives working hard for their children are called racists (an assumption by the critics because most of the illegals are Latino) and will now be forced to have their children compete with illegals to get into college. It is Alice in Wonderland time.

Thinker of PA 10:36PM April 22, 2009

I am in favor of the Dream Act. We cannot blame these kids for being brought here at such a young age. I believe they deserve another chance in life to be educated and eventually become citizens.

Marco Dias of CT 10:34PM April 22, 2009

I don't see a problem with this. We're allowing educated and innconet people who make it despite the odds to pay taxes and come out of the shadows? How date we! Legalize them, tax them, and we all win.

Anna of AZ 10:09PM April 22, 2009

Lets start at the beginning. A person of any age that comes into our country without the proper paperworks has broken our immigration laws and is a criminal. The fact that they were not caught and deported will be rewarded with a higher education, taking that slot away from a taxpaying American, a job, and citizenship. Of course the criteria of being here for a certain number of years is a farce. Illegal aliens now lie about everything from their names, ages, parents to criminal backgrounds. In order to qualify for this program, they will just steal the ID of whoever happens to be handy. After all, we have no way to check. Unlike law abiding Americans, they can wake up tomorrow with a new idenity. I say when an illegal alien is identified, no matter how long they have broken our laws to be here, they should be immediately deported, no matter what their age. For those of you that diasgree, then following your thinking, anyone who commits a crime should escape punishment. Lets open the doors of our prisions and set the felons free.

American of CA 9:35PM April 22, 2009

A petition to stop the Dream Act. And emailed to everyone on my mailing list.

Nana of CA 6:15PM April 22, 2009

States like California may only pass laws that allow students to pay in-state tuition and in some cases makes them eligible for state financial aid. The problem is that once the students graduate they are not able to work without legal documentation in the U.S.- an issue preempted by the Constitution. Unless we pass legislation that places these students in a path to citizenship we will not be able to benefit from the education and resources that we have invested in these students. I am the first undocumented law students in one of our nation's top law schools. There is nothing that I desire more than to be able to practice law after graduating and passing the state bar next year. Without the Dream Act I will be denied the opportunity to serve my country and my local community. This is the civil rights issue of our times. I have lived in this country that I call my own for over 19 years; this is my home too.

LA of CA 5:23PM April 22, 2009