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N.M. college doors open for undocumented
Rocky Mountain News ^
| July 16, 2007
| Associated Press
Posted on 07/16/2007 3:06:14 PM PDT by Sonora
N.M. college doors open for undocumented By Associated Press July 16, 2007 FORT COLLINS - At least 10 undocumented students from Colorado will get to attend classes at the University of New Mexico this fall, with many not having to pay for tuition or books.
A new Colorado law prohibits state colleges from providing in- state tuition to undocumented immigrants.
In New Mexico, the state is barred from denying education benefits based on immigration status, said Terry Babbitt, director of admissions for the University of New Mexico.
While New Mexico's state financial aid is intended for residents, Poudre High School counselor Isabel Thacker in Colorado found a way for her students to receive in-state tuition, plus scholarships to cover it.
A full year of tuition at UNM, or 12 credit hours per semester, costs $4,570.80, said Alex Gonzalez, associate director of the scholarship office at UNM. An institutional scholarship available to undocumented students covers $5,000 of their tuition and book expenses.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: academia; aliens; freebiesforillegals; illegalactions; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; moreequalthanothers
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So, free tuition for illegals.......Hmmmmmm.....
I checked - didn't see this posted.
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:06:16 PM PDT
by
Sonora
To: CedarDave; Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:07:24 PM PDT
by
fishtank
("Amnesty" and "amnesia" are from the same root word !!!)
To: Sonora
This is insane.. I am glad I am not a New Mexico Tax Payer!!
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:08:32 PM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(The last Americans to allow unchecked immigration...... were Native.)
To: Sonora
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:10:56 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Sonora
Sugar Daddy is sucking up for liberal votes, while raping my savings account. I will change my party to Independent, screw these thieves.
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:11:22 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(If General Patton was alive, he would slap many faces!!)
To: Mikey_1962
Don’t be to sure of yourself. Socialism is coming to your state real soon.
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:12:30 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(If General Patton was alive, he would slap many faces!!)
To: mewzilla
Great post. Do you suppose New Mexico's governor and Dem presidential candidate Bill Richardson will see fit to enforce that law?
Oh, who am I kidding.
To: Sonora
Atlas PUKED!!!
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:20:53 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: gathersnomoss
Keep your party affiliation for the primaries and vote how you want in the main elections.
Nobody sees what you do in the voting booth......
yet.....
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:26:52 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Sonora
Screwing the law-abiding, tax paying CITIZENS with their own money.
How about this kind of scholarship? One for someone who has no criminal record and who (Or whose parents) always pay their taxes?
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:29:12 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: mewzilla
Also violates the general civil rights laws against discrimination based on national origin, by providing benefits to illegal foreign nationals while denying them to US citizens.
You can make a nice class action out of this by out-of-state students denied similar treatment and being discriminated against on the basis of their national origin as U.S. citizens.
To: Sonora; Travis McGee
“Univeridad de Nuevo Mexico,” according to the soon-to-be-implemented Espanol Solamente laws. . .
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:35:18 PM PDT
by
Unknowing
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
To: Sonora
I pay and they get it free? This is sickening! I am beside myself, I am literaly in debt for many years to come. Hillary and the democrates are right we do need a change AND ITS NOT THIER CHANGE! I can only hope that this and many other freebees that are given away at our disgust and expence becomes an issue in 2008!
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:36:21 PM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with ted)
To: Sonora
So, can I go to school for free down in Mexico?
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:39:03 PM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: Sonora
Some enterprising lawyer(s) should organize a class action suit on behalf of both legal NM residents who are paying full in-state tuition, and legal US citizens from outside of NM who are paying full out-of-state tuition there. It’s outrageous that children of life-long legal US taxpayers pay tuition while illegals don’t!
[p.s. I usually join in the condemnation of excessive litigation, but in this case it’s not “excessive” — it would simply be a tool to try to bring pressure on the injustices involved in ILLEGAL and IMMORAL state activity, not the usual b.s. John Edward type of frivolous lawsuit.]
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posted on
07/16/2007 3:39:52 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Reid and Pelosi Defeatocrats: Surrender Now - Peace for Our Time!!)
To: ronnie raygun
Illegals have so many reasons to continue coming here. Look at this...a nice college education to go with all their other freebies.
Hmmm...anyone know if they can also get orthodontic care for free?
That’s about the only thing I can think of that they might have to pay for.
To: Chode
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posted on
07/16/2007 4:01:11 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: Sonora
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posted on
07/16/2007 4:13:25 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
“Thats about the only thing I can think of that they might have to pay for”
Denti-Cal for free!!
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posted on
07/16/2007 4:14:33 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: Enchante; greyfoxx39
Some enterprising lawyer(s) should organize a class action suit on behalf of both legal NM residents who are paying full in-state tuition, and legal US citizens from outside of NM who are paying full out-of-state tuition there. Its outrageous that children of life-long legal US taxpayers pay tuition while illegals dont!Would love to see that, but doubt if the Abq Urinal will inform the good citizens of NM about the Federal law.
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posted on
07/16/2007 4:21:05 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Only Republicans commit crimes. With Democrats it's a misunderstanding or baseless Republican charge)
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