When the illegal immigrants cross the border they often bring their children or have children once they are here. Unfortunately, it is the children who ultimately pay the price for their parent's bad decision.
The children unfortunately get stuck between a rock and a hard place. Some [the ones who were not born here] find themselves trying to exist classified as illegal aliens in the only country that they have ever known.
While others who were born here [anchor babies] have to deal with the reality that their parents may be illegal and could be deported at any time.
For the citizens and lawmakers of the United States, we are placed in a hard position of being inflexible with the law and exporting these children into a country that they have never known or do we show compassion for these children and allow them to stay.
the parent should be held responsible for their actions
It was not the children's fault that they are over here against their will. Child Services Division (formally CSD) would have no problem in making the parents responsible for their children. technically I'm assuming that this could be a form of child endangerment.
isn't it already illegal to take a minor across state lines under some circumstances?
We should just kick everybody out of the country who is illegal. Ignorance of the law is no excuse... Illegal is illegal is illegal!
While I will agree that it's easy enough to say... in reality I do not think as far as the children are concerned, it is very practical. "I put the responsibility back on the parents. What are they WILLING to do to help their children. Are they willing to learn English? are they willing to do anything that it takes to become a citizen? and are they willing to pledge their allegiance and loyalty to this country and for what it stands?
Oregon Senate bill 769 students rally for immigration tuition billproposes to allow in-state tuition to "undocumented workers" and to be offered to Oregon high school students who have attended high school for three consecutive years.
In reality, this is another example of how a parent's decision to violate the law has seriously affected their child's future. Without legal status, there is nowhere in the United States where their children may receive "in-state tuition." Again, catch 22.
I do not think that it is fair to allow the exception of offering in-state tuition to someone who is undocumented while at the same time penalizing citizens from other states. There are several cases pending in other states challenging the legality of similar bills and lawsuits demanding reimbursement to students who have paid out-of-state tuition in the past.
" "I have supported this bill because these students have been in our system all along," Starr said. "They are not going home." "[source]they are not going home...
There will always be criminals... so in that case should we leave our front doors unlocked?
Of course they're not going home. They have no reason to. We [our government] is selling out America and rolling over and playing dead allowing people who have entered this country illegally without fear of penalty and at the same time bending over backwards to support them. So why should they go home?
Why do you think they are so upset and holding massive rallies against House Bill 4437?
Senate Bill 2075 109th Congress development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2005
" To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher
education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and
adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United
States residents and who entered the United States as children, and
for other purposes. "
It's all about the children and responsibility.
That responsibility can lie with the parents of the children and the governments from which the parents came from.
The United States may be a melting pot, it is not the world's babysitter.
additional information
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE meeting minutes
April 6, 2005
March 28, 2005
2 comments:
Thank you for injecting a little civility and thoughfulness into this extremely complex debate. It is often easier to throw a bunch of names at each other.
I like how they say 'they are not going home', which to me says, they know this is not their home. The generation that will end up dealing with this problem consists of our children. Hopefully they are better prepared than we are. As it is, in almost every country in the world, no permit or education is required to have children. So, we end up with parents who do not have the child's best interest in mind, instead they are thinking survival. Our country lacks horribly in this respect as is evident with the huge numbeer of children in 'the system'. We are incapable of fixing the problem in other countries if we can't first fix it in our own. We cannot continue to allow millions of people into our country illegally. It is a slap in the face to all of those who came before and worked hard to become citizens. Being American means responsibilities and rights. Meet your responsiblitiy and then enjoy your rights.
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