Posted on 05/20/2009 6:40:09 PM PDT by South40
ORANGE – Emboldened by what they believe is growing support in Washington, a group of about 50 students from local universities and colleges marched and at times ran through the halls of Santiago Canyon College today to support their peers who are in the country illegally.
Students -- some wearing caps and gowns -- from Cal State Fullerton and Santa Ana and Santiago Canyon colleges kicked off what they said was a string of rallies in support of the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented students to apply for legal permanent resident status, protect them from deportation and make them eligible for student loans and federal work study programs.
Sarah K. Rimack, vice president of the Santiago Canyon College Associated Student Government's Programming Board, who wore a yellow cap and gown, spoke into a microphone to students during the middle of the march.
"The DREAM Act would allow these students to give back to America by becoming part of the Social Security system, by paying federal and state income tax and by using their ability and education to be productive members of society," she said.
The proposed federal legislation -- introduced by Senators Richard Durbin of Illinois and Richard Lugar of Indiana and Reps. Howard Berman of California and Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida -- has been around since 2000 but has faced opposition and defeat in the past.
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Racial National Socialism under the guise of “liberalism.”
Anyone here still wondering how Commiefornia found itself in the crapper again?
Wait until they have to pay taxes, their childrens’ schools are closed, or they get their botox rationed. HA!
Oh wait, the “STate” will take care of them.
Ahhh, the idealistic, albeit stupidity, of youth...such fond memories I have of my blyth college days.
So what, around 25 people or so? This puny group makes the news and the tea parties were hardly reported on for weeks! Amazing!
As Santiago Canyon college goes, so goes Tijuana.
A slap in the face of my Canadian GF who had to wait in line, fill up the forms, wait for the Mounties in 6-8 months to do a background check, and WAIT 5 years due to backlog just to get a chance for a permanent resident card strengthening her case/education yet these ingrates want a quicker version?
F*** em.
Great and my tax dollars go to the Rancho Santiago College District, of which Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College belong. It is in the hills where city meets country here in Orange County. It is a pricey area, but not as pricey as some others.
Apparently it has fools for students.
I’m very familiar with the area. I haven’t been there since the late 80s but I’ve worked all over from Ranch Santa Margarita (I was there opening day in 1986) to Anaheim Hills to Moreno Valley to LA. Did a lot of custom work in Villa Park also. It’s a shame it’s turning in to Tijuana Norte but isn’t all of California?
50 people march and it is covered. Thousands attend tea parties and barely a peep.
Mom & Dad may have a different opinion.
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Sadly enough GW Bush supported such blatant parasitism by foreigners
“50 people march and it is covered. Thousands attend tea parties and barely a peep.”
The tea parties don’t have tax payer funded NGO’s like LaRaza, the Media and the DNC to lead them.
They can march and let them foot the bill while they are at it!!
Students will support and even march for anything they deem cool. Why not? They aren’t paying for anything. Perhaps next they can lobby for the repeal of the laws of physics so we can have fuel efficient, safe cars that are really cool looking too.
Jorge Bush is, in part, why after 30+ years I am no longer a member of the GOP.
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