Nancie Botox Pelosi (D-CA) came to my home state yesterday and I wasn't happy. But then, neither was Governor Janet "Butch" Napolitano (D-AZ) who didn't attend Pelosi's speech at Arizona State University.
On the other hand, one young communications major, Ashley Kinsey, felt Nancie was a "rock star" ("vedette" in the liberal language of surrender) and was glad to see her. Gushing Over Botox.
On the other hand, one young communications major, Ashley Kinsey, felt Nancie was a "rock star" ("vedette" in the liberal language of surrender) and was glad to see her. Gushing Over Botox.
Pelosi wants to cut student loan interest and raise awards for Pell grants.
Sorry Nancie, President Bush already included those measures in his budget.
Ummm...do you have any original thoughts? Why yes, she does. 
Nancie insists that illegal immigrants be afforded the same in-state tuition rates as legal citizens. Speaking in the land of Prop 300, the referendum in which Arizonans overwhelmingly said "no" to in-state benefits for illegals, Nancie felt compelled to insist that your money subsidize those who broke the law. So, let me get this straight Nancie, illegals pay in-state tuition, but an American student from another state must pay more?
Yes, I know, some illegal children are in America because of their parents. These students didn't personally break the law; however, others did. The question becomes whether we want to fiscally punish the American people by absorbing the lower rate of tuition into our colleges -- charging American kids (and parents) more money to offset lower costs to those who are federal fugitives?
For those who didn't personally break the law, unfortunately, they should be also pay the out-of-state tuition rate. There is no real way to investigate whether they came across on their own or with their parents. And, creating yet another government bureaucracy to answer these questions would probably cost more than the in-state/out-of-state offsets.
The only compromise I can see on this issue is to allow ICE to make a determination on prospective immigrant students. If ICE cannot verify that the parents brought them across the border prior to their 16th birthday, they pay the full freight. But, even then, if we allow these students to pay less, we create an incentive for parents to break the law by illegally bringing their children into the country. Meanwhile your children (and you) get stuck with a bigger bill.
One of my students is in this predicament. After many years his formerly illegal immigrant parents are now legal citizens, but he is not. I encouraged him to file for citizenship. While the system is processing his request, the responsibility for his situation does not lie with America, it falls on his parents - those who put him in this position to begin with.
I know this idea of parental responsibility will offend some of you liberals. Sorry for that.
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