California Governor Vetoes Dream Act

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

The DREAM Act gives illegal children who were brought here ILLEGALLY by their PARENTS. These children do not have a choice. Yet, America educates them with no questions asked from grades K-12 then expects them to live productivly as adults not having the ability to obtain jobs. With no other alternatives these children, who are now adults, turn to fraudulant behaviors such as identity theft. It is extremly important for Americans to look beyond the "illegal" aspect of it and see that we are already spending hundreds of billions of dollars on these kids for them to turn into an unproductive part of society because they have no other options. If given an option such as the DREAM Act children will know they have to continue and education, work and live as productive citizens or face deportation.....sounds like an option that could work.

My son's best friend, whom I love dearly, has been here illegally since the age of 8 and is now almost 17. He is an outstanding 4.0 student, great athlete, and helps our community more than many legal students. My heart broke when he found out he was illegal and he told me he's going to end up in the fields. His Veterinarian dreams could be gone! It saddens me to know his future will have to stop next year when he graduates because of the ignorant choices of his parents. I support the DREAM Act 100% and hope it passes before he graduates. This law is for good, law abiding, hard working students---not the others....so take your choice support it and give these kids the chance to succeed or don't support it and these kids will still be here 10, 15, 20 years from now frauding the government, on welfare, uneducated and more than likely filling our prison systems.

~~Supporting Julian~~ of CA 9:21PM November 09, 2008

just because WE are labled as 'illegal aliens' doesnt mean we are CRIMINALS! we shouldnt be to blame for the decisions our parents made when we were younger! personally i was brought to this country at the age of 6 LEGALY with a visa i only became illegal after i stayed here to live,something that wasnt my choice to begin with. now i am 18 years old, and trying to get a college education, which is hard considering that my parents have to pay for everything, on top of paying bills, with absolutely no money, since my dad cant get a job because the law says hes a criminal. all because he is trying to give his family a better life. i want to know if i get good grades, pay taxes [because belive it or not we do pay taxes] u dont need a ssn to do that...if i go to college, never been introuble with the law do community service, dont do drugs. dont break the law, then WHY AM I A CRIMINAL? what about all those 'u.s. citizens' that are crowding up the prison system? why dont you take their resources away? before you go around and label people that you personaly dont know,try going through what their going through, try exoeriencing their life, see if you got something to say then, and in case you dont know your history THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS! YOU COME FROMA LEGACY OF IMMIGRANTS UNLESS YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ROOM TO BE GOING AROUND CALLING ANY ONE ELSE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY AND YOULL SEE THATS WERE YOU COME FROM.

e.p. of CA 4:36PM October 07, 2008

Even if there is like 3 smart illegals for every thousand, who gives a damn, we dont need any more professionals or skilled labor. Let all of the pot smoking, thumb suckers, easy going,selfish materialists bastards, letter grade getters overachievers that are actually AMERICAN take care of everything.Or better yet lets re-elect Bush, so we have the olimcic games in Iraq!

There is no need for further explaining, why let illegals that have actually stuggled with making rent since they were 15 go to school so they can what? invest money or open businesses, get their Phd's and perhaps rescue our lazy american asses from an economic cycle that will take us to bancrupcy hell. None sense, those illegals should go somewhere else like germany, china or other getto countries that have let USA have some money to pay for gas.

USA, USA, USA! We dont need illegals! Why dont we talk about Paris hilton or britnney S., or a new movie or something!

julio of CA 6:05AM October 03, 2008