“Mexicans are displacing legal Texans from getting into college? The thing that keeps you out of college is your grade point average from highschool and your SAT scores, not the fact that there are Mexican kids in line ahead of you.
Besides didn’t the Texas legislature vote almost unanimously to allow the in state tuition? “
I don’t know about where you live, but here in Texas we have a limited budget for higher education. We can spend that some of that money subsidizing Illegals, or we spend that same money subsidizing in-state legals. I prefer in-state legals, but if you prefer differently, that’s fine.
As far as the legislature is concerned, the Dream Act was Perry’s honeymoon and one of his top priorities, they would given him anything. On the other hand, if Perry didn’t want the Dream Act to pass, it likely wouldn’t have been voted on, or at least he would have held a veto.
...and remember, he very recently defended it to the point of calling 81% of this country (who oppose it) Heartless. So any implication that it was forced upon him doesn’t hold water.
I am here in Texas just like you are, only longer. The only thing Perry has tried to do that I objected to was the TTC and when the citizens said NO, he dropped it. What is not to like about a politician that listens?
Here is what I don’t understand about the objection to the in state tuition. These kids are in Texas through no fault of their own, their illegal parents brought them here. The federal government will do nothing to help us stop it or send them back! NOTHING!
Do we want these kids standing on the corner with a sign asking for handouts or asking for day work? Or do we want them to be educated members of our society (they aren’t leaving) so they can take care of their parents when they are elderly and so the entire tribe will not end up on welfare?