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California Governor Vetoes Dream Act

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Despite a well-attended protest last Friday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday vetoed the Dream Act, a law that would have given access to financial aid to undocumented immigrant students attending the University of California, California State University, and community college systems. The program would have included grant, scholarship, work-study, and loan programs.

Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar law last year, and this time around nixed it because of the state's troubled economy. "I share the authors' goal of making affordable education available to all California students, but given the precarious fiscal condition the state faces at this time, it would not be prudent to place additional demands on our limited financial aid resources as specified in this bill."

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Thank you Governor for placing American citizens over persons with non-citizenship status. What people forget is they are illegally in this country or in my opinion, committing criminal trespass with the intent to defraud the U.S. Government and its citizens. I as a 7th generation born African-American Citizen can't attend a University in Mexico or any other South American educational institution nor can I buy property in Mexico due to how their constitution is written.
Why should a person of non-citizenship status be allowed to stand shoulder to shoulder with a born or naturalized citizen? It is a privilege to attend an American University not a right. People also forget that our Governator was not born in the U.S., but became a citizen. The bottom line is, we, as citizens have allowed persons of non-citizenship status use us as a doormat without question, but those days are over. The Welcome mat has been pulled from my door.
Until the U.S. Government and State Government take the bull by the horns, we as born or naturalized Americans will have to content with this subject for years to come or American citizens will have to take this matter into their own hands and deal with it with extreme prejudices. I am sick of sugar coating this issue. Just be direct without B.S.

Angela of CA 10:14PM October 04, 2010

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What a sad and little pitiful man Carlos of California is. I can assure he can trace back his illegal ancestry within the last three to four generations (max). Either take a stand that provide information and support against or for. The illegal immigrants you are referring to are paying a variety of taxes to include sales, property and payroll all of which benefit you and your illegal generation(s) that were here at one point. As you informed yourself I am sure they are paying for your education through property taxes, your retirement and medicare/medical benefits through payroll and your social security and unemployment without being able to benefit from a single tax break.
What is funny is that you are willing to allow "them" to live in the US so you can take advantage of them as long as "you" benefit from them. The government will also allow them to protect our country and have for every US war ever fought and you sit smugly enjoying that same freedom they have shed blood for generations. The only technicality on behalf of the hardworking (yes I am referring to that category only as I am aware of others) undocumented individual is that he/she was unable to apply for a piece of paper that provides them with additional rights many have earned (as you stated yourself) and the difference is that you were just grandfathered in by default of birth.
So Carlos thanks but no thanks anyone with a supreme mentality who is interested in abusing the hard labor of others should not benefit from their labor either. I believe slavery was abolished and concentration camps closed...the black market is available for your enjoyment.

Marybeth (7th generation) of CA 2:01PM December 17, 2009

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