Bill would bar all illegal immigrants from Ga. universities

We’re just assuring that we will have more babies born on welfare and more crime and more of a burden on taxpayers. You xenophiles are cutting off our noses to spite our faces. Stupid!!

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This is another no-brainer. Why should Americans who paid into the system be left behind because children of illegals took their spot? These children and their parents need to be quickly expelled to their country of origin unless 1. They commit to military service for 15 years. This is a common sense idea that will help solve the light amount of troops in troubled areas. 2. Or they take jobs cleaning up and/or building more highways because we need more roads, not dumb rails 3. Or they quickly get jobs at places like Walmart, Arby’s, Taco Bell, Hardee’s etc. if natives (no, not Indians, I mean folk born on U.S. soil recently) refuse the jobs first.
I run a plumbing business and I employ kids like Raoul from Guatemala who loves his wife, four kids, believes in Jesus and works harder than any native I know. I take a lot of heat for this, but I need someone who will work hard, not complain, take home a few bucks at the end of the day to carry on America’s traditional values. But, I don’t think that Raoul’s kids should get into our schools. If they need higher schooling, then I’m sure there are some good schools in Guatemala or Mexico. When they finish, they could then apply for citizenship and become even better members of America than their parents.
Amen,
Bill

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I know that ignorance is bliss, so I hate to rain on your parade, but the fact of the matter is that it is not a crime to be in the country without permission or documents.
It is an administrative offense or a civil offense, depending on the circumstances. For most undocumented immigrants, being in the country without permission is comparable under the law to building a fence in your yard without a permit or speeding. When a deportation hearing takes place in the court system, it is a civil proceeding, not a criminal proceeding. When a deportation takes place, it is an administrative action, not a criminal one.
An example of when an undocumented immigrant would be committing a crime: if an immigrant is deported and re-enters the country illegally.

If I build a fence in my yard without a permit, should I be banned from attending public universities in Georgia?

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During the summer, an audit was done by all the schools in the University System of Georgia. The audit cost a lot of money (but the official pricetag wasn’t disclosed) and found very, very few undocumented students in the USG.
It costs a lot more money to audit the system to find a tiny number of needles in an enormous haystack than it does to allow undocumented students to pursue higher education so they can become contributors instead of consumers of government.

After all, undocumented immigrants do pay taxes. About 50% of undocumented workers in the United States are working on the books. Whether you believe it or not, some of them are even paying income taxes. On the federal level, undocumented immigrants generally provide a net fiscal gain to public budgets. This is also the case on the state level in many states, including those states which have high undocumented populations (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, etc., have all found that undocumented immigrants provide their states with net fiscal gains. And yes, these studies took into account the cost of educating the American-born children of the undocumented.)

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Bill, you are a moron. Raoul is good enough to make you some money but damn if his kids go to public schools. There are so many other examples of true waste of our tax dollars! Educating kids is not one of them. Too many of you see Illegal= Latino. Idiots.

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Illegals are an easy target for the bigoted masses out there, I work in law enforcement and some of these folks are victims of the most horrible crimes (rape, assault, abuse, robbery, etc) and yet will rarely report a crime or cooperate with us for fear of being deported. Do you really think they are going out and risking deportation for all the so call “Free benefits” or “perks” that many claim illegals are abusing? I don’t think so. Go after the companies that hire them or the other opportunists that abuse them to make a fast buck.

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Happy Meal…the fries the burning, get back to work.

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I thought we were suppose to ban illegals for the USA. If I did my job likes the government does theirs I would have been fired long time ago!!!!!

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Are you people for real??? This is GREAT! Illegal immigrants should not be allowed into schools.
THEY ARE ILLEGAL! That is a CRIM which means they are criminals. Allowing it is aiding a criminal.
This doesnt mean that LEGAL immigrants will not be allowed in……only the immigrants who BROKE THE LAW will be effected.

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I agree targeting the employers, Don. However, as I said before, you have to interrupt the pipeline. You must be a bad LEO (if you are one, which i hope not) not to realize the dangers present.

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I personally don’t agree with this. Illegal or not, you shouldn’t stop those people from trying to get an education. If an illegal immigrant comes here to do harm, then I agree to send them back. But if an illegal immigrant comes here just to get a better life and an education, who are we to say “get out of here”? It’s not their fault that they were born in less fortunate places.

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Dan Matthews, typical for a non-republican to come up with such a thing. no wonder the last election went like it did. we are talking about illegals here. business will come because they dont have to worry about illegals. when they hire someone they know they ARE legal. Grow up, smell the coffee, taste the rain, have fun, and most of all…. have peace of mind knowing that illegals are not taking your state away from you. Peace.

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BIO, your post @ 7:53 was dead on…..secure the borders is the Feds job. I agree with the AZ laws and how it has helped “encourage” illegals to move along. I don’t claim to have the answers to these problems just hope the lawmakers go about it a little better than most of us blogging on here…

Go back to reading the sports section Bamadawg….oops never mind, much not be much there about your teams..

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Ashamed, just obey the law. Don’t enter the US illegally. Don’t endanger law enforcement agents trying to do their jobs. Don’t drive here illegally, don’t enter our schools, don’t bring drugs and crime here. Don’t tie up medical resources. Don’t ask me to pay for any of it.

If you do, then I’m speaking out.

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I do not think this would effect multinational firms from moving to Georgia because these illegal immigrant students won’t be able to work for these companies legally since they do not have either a social secuirty card or a work permit. These firms will also use e-verify to verify their immigration status, so what is the big deal? Why educate those who cannot make a contribution to this country anyway. As far as I am concerned, a high school diploma is all that illegal residents are entitled to. They should return to their country of origin for further education.

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Not enough! They must also be banned from K-12!!!!

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I live in norcross and im going to vote 2 for state Rep. Tom Rice, Republican. He gets it ! Push as hard as you can lets get Gwinnett back where it was before the invasion!

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I agree with Zeke but the Supreme court said that the illegals are entitled to a k-12 education. College is another matter.

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Just keep dreaming georgians, or gwinnettians. The tide is not going back, Georgia is becoming less white and more brown by the minute. More than 50% percent of the babies born in the state are NOT white. Wait 30 to 35 years and this hispanics babies are going to take over georgia congress and probably the governorship, and all of you illegal immigrant bashers, “good old boys”, are gonna have a hispanic nurse wiping your white rear ends.

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while you watch in agony how your beloved state has been taken by this “invaders”

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Dalton CIty Schools are 70 percent Hispanic and Dalton State College has the largest number of illegal alien students in the Univ of Ga system. Dalton, a one industry town, has the highest concentration of illegal aliens in Ga. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to establish the correlation between the carpet industry and Dalton’s demographics. How many people are aware that a member of the Board of Regents is a former CEO of a Dalton carpet mill?

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BTW Happy…save your comments for tomorrow, I’m going to watch some ESPN now! Later !

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To all of the clueless, I know an honor graduate student from my son’s high school…been here since he was 2…was finally “allowed” to REGISTER to seek citizenship this year. Full citizenship will take 12 more years. There is no clear path to citizenship. He has never done anything to hurt anyone…but you hate him just the same. I’m sure your Mamas are proud

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This is just the Republican hate flavor of the month. Remember civil rights, social security, unemployment benefits…have you guys ever supported the Christian side of a social issue?

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Why do ILLEGAL immigrants deserve any of the benefits provided by our tax dollars? You stupid liberal socialists have nearly bankrupted this country. I am glad your ignorant cohorts have been voted out by the people of the state!

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