To whom?
Seriously, ask ten people on the street, and at least nine of them will agree that illegal aliens should not be admitted to public colleges.
How the elites think this is "controversial" shows how out of touch they are.
This will be controversial, but if these illegals have been here since childhood and have attended US schools through high school, they are not going anywhere else.
They are going to remain here and be our newest citizens (or just stay here as illegals).
If you want these people to ASSIMILATE and BECOME AMERICANS,
who speak English and lose their ties to other countries, then don’t blanch at spending for the education which makes assimilation possible.
Otherwise, you’re going to end up with a Quebec situation,
which benefits nobody.
(time to duck...)
The elites have different opinions and goals than the little people on immigration, so they declare the majority opinion to be "controversial" to try to scare people into not talking about it.
I wish. This morning's radio show (WMAL am 630, leaning conservative) interviewed several Northern Virginians (admittedly the bluest part of the state) and most of them gave comments like "Oooh, that's kinda harsh!" and "I don't think that's fair!". One or two said basically "Good!".
Completely agree - this shouldn’t be seen as “controversial”, it should be seen as “the right thing to do”. The fact that there are still people who can’t get it through their thick skulls that ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS ILLEGAL just boggles my mind. They are criminals and they need to leave our country. Anything that aids their existance here, be it an education, renting homes to them or hiring them - those things should all be punishable crimes. Aiding a criminal makes you a criminal - that’s how the legal system works, and the notion that it shouldn’t apply to the crime of illegal immigration is preposterous.
So what? This is not a mob-rule Democracy.