[xkaydet65]

While I can never defend granting privileges such as these to illegal immigrants, there is much merit to the argument that they are better candidates for such aid than a student who will rush back to "my country" after soaking up our education and our education dollars.

[Irene Adler]

"...there is much merit to the argument that they are better candidates for such aid than a student who will rush back to "my country" after soaking up our education and our education dollars."

I have taught on the college level for more than 20 years and have worked with scholarships for about a dozen years. In my experience, foreign students (actually it's usually the students' governments) pay full freight, and then some, at U.S. universities and colleges. They are a money maker for higher education rather than a loss leader, which is (in my estimation) the single biggest reason why universities and colleges seek them so assiduously. They definitely don't "soak up our education dollars".

[Conservababe]

While I can never defend granting privileges such as these to illegal immigrants, there is much merit to the argument that they are better candidates for such aid than a student who will rush back to "my country" after soaking up our education and our education dollars.

How about putting American students first?

[oceanperch]

If I was sick while in say the S.Phillipine Islands I would love for the local Dr. to be Western educated beats the local witch doctor.