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Fresno State student body president acknowledges he is an illegal immigrant, refuses to step down
LA Times ^ | November 17, 2010

Posted on 11/17/2010 2:00:40 PM PST by kingattax

Pedro Ramirez, Fresno State's student body president, is an undocumented immigrant serving in the position without pay.

Ramirez, 23, attends school on scholarships and pays in-state tuition. California is one of 10 states that permit undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition -- a position that was upheld by the state Supreme Court this week.

After his election last June, he told the administration he would serve without pay -- a $9,000 stipend -- because he could not lie on employment papers. On Tuesday, an anonymous tip to the college newspaper forced Ramirez to go public.

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To: kingattax

Good grief. What now?


21 posted on 11/17/2010 2:35:01 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: kingattax

“is an undocumented immigrant serving in the position without pay”.

...No. He’s an “illegal immigrant”! He is in this country illegally. He has committed a crime. He needs to be yanked from his little president chair, thrown into the back of a police cruiser and sent to a holding cell where he can await deportation.


22 posted on 11/17/2010 2:38:59 PM PST by albie
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To: The Comedian

Can you turn the meat? I think it’s done.


23 posted on 11/17/2010 2:57:15 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

Ping!


24 posted on 11/17/2010 2:58:56 PM PST by HiJinx (I can see November from my front porch - and Mexico from the back.)
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To: B4Ranch
Yup, dogs are gonna love this south-of-the-border treat, even if it is a cheap cut and the meat is all torn up because of the Devastators.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

25 posted on 11/17/2010 3:01:30 PM PST by The Comedian (I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
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To: albie

Actually he is a Mexican citizen.


26 posted on 11/17/2010 3:06:26 PM PST by sheana
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To: kingattax
why should he step down??? it's not like anybody is going to do anything about it...
27 posted on 11/17/2010 3:22:13 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: HiJinx

It just naturally follows - all too often - that beyond their first disregard for due process - the illegals have little respect for any of our laws - when they are inconvenienced by them.


28 posted on 11/17/2010 3:58:24 PM PST by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . .and Obama, not made in the USA either. . .)
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To: Lurker

What about the students who ran for the same position and lost out?


29 posted on 11/17/2010 5:34:57 PM PST by golf lover
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To: kingattax

Oh goody, just in time to start voting!!

Wait, you don’t have to be a citizen here to vote, forgot about that.


30 posted on 11/17/2010 6:11:48 PM PST by jdirt
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To: Lurker

The Feds only go after people who try to enforce the laws, not break them. Compare the reaction of the Feds in this decision to their reaction in AZ.


31 posted on 11/17/2010 9:09:07 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: kingattax

.... Pedro Ramirez ... is an undocumented immigrant ....

No he is not.

Pedro Ramirez is not any kind of “immigrant,” he is a criminal alien migrant.

And must be arrested, charged, convicted fined and/or incarcerated — and deported!


32 posted on 11/18/2010 6:39:56 AM PST by Brian Allen (Buraq Hussayn bin Buraq Hussayn bin Hussayn Ubambi, is to America what Pol Pot was to Cambodia)
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To: kingattax

They keep telling us the poor, miserable illegals are cringing in the shadows, terrified of deportation. Yet over and over we read articles like this, where some illegal is practically bragging about his status, and absolutely nothing is done.


33 posted on 11/18/2010 7:43:11 AM PST by Nea Wood (Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
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To: golf lover

“What about the students who ran for the same position and lost out?”


Sounds like excellent grounds for federal civil lawsuits.

The second place candidate could sue California for $9,000.

A rejected scholarship student could sue for tuition reimbursement.

A rejected applicant could sue for immediate admission to the university.


34 posted on 11/18/2010 9:10:08 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: kingattax
When I came to California from Washington I had to pay outrageous out of state tuition fees which completely drained my funds to below poverty level. FYI - All of my mothers family lived in California and half of my dad's. Everyone of them productive taxpayers and most are veterans. I was screwed royally but accepted it. In any case, giving in-state tuition to illegals or their anchor babies is criminal.
35 posted on 11/22/2010 9:19:25 PM PST by TauntedTiger (Keep away from the fence!)
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