Bill would bar all illegal immigrants from Ga. universities
From the Associated Press:
A Republican state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ban all Georgia’s public colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants.
The Board of Regents last month adopted a policy under which the university system’s five most competitive schools are effectively barred from accepting illegal immigrant applicants beginning in fall 2011.
The legislation prefiled on Wednesday by state Rep. Tom Rice, a Norcross Republican, would prohibit all of the university system’s 35 schools from admitting illegal immigrants.
Rice said he did not think the Regents went far enough.
Immigration is expected to be a hot topic at the state Capitol when lawmakers reconvene in January.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Dan Matthews
November 17th, 2010
6:40 pm
At the very least, this sends a xenophobic signal to foreign companies contemplating moving to Georgia that they are not welcome here. Way to go Republicans, keep us mired in an economic morass.
pn
November 17th, 2010
6:47 pm
Great idea. Make sure that all Georgians, including immigrants, remain ignorant. This goes well with the Republican plan to destroy public education. Also goes well with the ideal of attracting only multi-national companies which hire uneducated peasant labor. An educated workforce is truly a frightening concept. They just might figure out that they are being lied to constantly, stolen from, and pillaged by the powers that be.
eddy
November 17th, 2010
6:54 pm
What part if illegal don’t you understand, Dan? Legal immigrants, people with green cards, all here legally, work visas, etc. If you are so pro-illegal immigrant, please invite several to come and move in with you so that you can support them. There are laws but then I guess you are not in favor of enforcing laws on the books so don’t whine or complain if you are ever the victim of a crime after all they are just laws and no one abides by them. Good grief. Put the laws on the books and watch the illegals leave the state as in Arizona. Legal immigrants are more than welcome here just not those who choose to come and “rob” this country of its resources….healthcare, education, etc. What a concept…legal immigration. It has worked for many years until the liberals wanted open borders…everyone, come on down..Sorta like the Price is Right. If you think that this is so unfair, just try going to any other country as an illegal immigrant…see how far you get. You probably voted as a Democrat..how’s the hope and change working so far?
Bill Clinton
November 17th, 2010
6:55 pm
Dear Dan,
You are a moron. This only applies to ILLEGAL immigrants…not LEGAL immigrants or residents.
Paul
November 17th, 2010
6:56 pm
They are not legally in this country. They are breaking the law. What is so damn hard about understanding illegal. This will not stop companies from moving to GA.
Last Man Standing
November 17th, 2010
7:09 pm
Sheer idiocy. We are NOT talking about “immigrants”, we are talking about ILLEGAL ALIENS. Even democrats should be able to discern the difference. Wait! I forgot!
Democrats know that illegal aliens are really “undocumented democrats”!
beep beep
November 17th, 2010
7:11 pm
PN..what the hell are you smoking…how many great companies factor in their location based on who allows illegal immigrants in it’s borders? I’m sure Coke, Aflac, Home Depot, are worried about how to employ illegals. and public education is beyond destroyed…gobment at it’s best…
jrev
November 17th, 2010
7:12 pm
The only problem with this, is that there is no recourse for children brought here and raised from a early age by illegal immigrant parents. Maybe if the DREAM act was passed…, but go on, blame the children for the sins of there fathers.
blue_moon916
November 17th, 2010
7:15 pm
One doesn’t have to be xenophobic to support this legislation–just a realist. As a Democrat who supports social programs for those in need–I draw the line at using my tax dollars to fund what has become a ‘culture of siphoning’ by people here illegally.
Valstake
November 17th, 2010
7:17 pm
@jrev – Doesn’t the Bible say something about “the sins of the fathers?” I’m ignorant of the Old Testament. I feel sorry for the offspring of illegal parents, but “you reap what you sow.”
L-O
November 17th, 2010
7:18 pm
I really feel sorry for anyone falling into the Rep. vs. Dem. game. It’s just as mindless and stupid as Crips vs. Bloods or Vampires vs Werewolves. It seems to me the only people that get excited about those concepts are people with no minds of their own, or waaayyy too much free time on their hands.
Back on Topic. If this is truly aimed at Illegal Immigrants, then I agree with it. If you make it uncomfortable and difficult to be Illegal eventually they will do what it takes to become LEGAL.
Big Nick
November 17th, 2010
7:20 pm
Thank God for law abidding Republicans!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dohickey
November 17th, 2010
7:21 pm
Those hateful repub’s will probably be doing them a favor. The colleges in Georgia haven’t exactly been stocking this state with brainiacs.
Poor- guy
November 17th, 2010
7:23 pm
I can barely afford for my child to attend college. Surely can’t afford theirs.
jrev
November 17th, 2010
7:25 pm
@ Valstake – The bible also says this
“And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed.”
When I get my life lessons from the Bible, I like to stay in the New Testament.
Big Nick
November 17th, 2010
7:25 pm
Right on Last Man Standing!
John
November 17th, 2010
7:25 pm
What stinks is that we even need a bill to be passed for this purpose. Should be a “no brainer”. You should also be a citizen of this country to get a job, buy real estate, use the medical facilities, get a driver’s liscense and the list goes on. Must be really tough to become a LEGAL citizen of the United States if so many bypass this step, sneak in, and start living off the government. It wasn’t too difficult for my great grandparents. And no, they didn’t speak english when they arrived either, but they gladly learned, and I’m glad they did.
Green Day
November 17th, 2010
7:26 pm
For all the legion of anti-immigrant buffoons:
Since the only problem you seem to have with illegal immigrants is that they are illegal, I guess you don’t have a problem with the son of a Saudi oil sheik coming to the U.S. on a legal education visa so he can learn how to build bombs to kill Americans.
After all, he’s legal, so he must be OK.
Sons and daughters of hard-working Mexicans who came here for no other reason than to support their families but didn’t have the money or time to wade through our hopelessly overburdened immigration process, they’ve gotta go.
The fact that these people have busted their rear ends and done jobs most of you mindless lemmings would never considering doing, too bad. They’re illegal, that’s all that matters.
Exactly what makes one immigrant legal and another illegal? Some faceless bureaucrat saying yes to one and no to another?
You right wing types have a very low opinion of government, but you put all sorts of faith in evil government bureaucrats to decide who gets in legally and who doesn’t. Hypocrisy, anyone?
As the song says, “Don’t wanna be an American Idiot…”
There’s way too many folks who do.
jrev
November 17th, 2010
7:27 pm
And Ezekial says “he son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity;”
You have to reach pretty far back in time for the bible to say the sons are accountable (Exodus/Dueteronomy)
So if you are a follower of Jesus, the answer is no.
CJ
November 17th, 2010
7:27 pm
This isn’t law yet? For Pete’s sake … why would our state colleges accept an illegal? That’s just stupid. They have a process to follow to be an exchange visitor student. Follow it!
Tom
November 17th, 2010
7:28 pm
Prohibiting entry into colleges is a good start. But if you really want to see illegals leaving voluntarily do the following: (1) Prohibit entry into K-12 also, and (2) fine employers $5,000.00 per illegal immigrant they employ.
I"M A Democrat
November 17th, 2010
7:28 pm
I’m a Democrat and i don’t think ILLEGAL immigrants should be able to attend college in the USA.
It’s not fair that equally qualified student from out of state are turn away because in State ILLEGAL immigrant get first choice.And if your brought here as a child, then why at 18 apply for LEGAL Citizenship. If We had A national Social security Card it would probably stop so many from crossing our borders. Or just maybe fine employer HUGE FINES in the Hundreds of Thousand for hiring ILLEGALS Immigrants they would stop coming here ILLEGALLY.
Poor- guy
November 17th, 2010
7:31 pm
We all reach an age when are accountable for our own sins, not the sins of our fathers.
Jeff
November 17th, 2010
7:34 pm
To blue_moon916 @ 7:15 p.m…. THANK YOU for being a REASONABLE Democrat who understands the difference in this bill, which would enforce laws and protect Americans, and the panicky, paranoid, name-calling liberals that have hijacked your party. You, as a Democrat, are somebody that me, as a conservative (and millions of others) can and will negotiate with about policies that shape our nation. The liberal elitists like Pelosi, Clinton, John Lewis, Joe Biden, Howard Dean, Harry Reid, etc. do NOT speak for the majority of people, including Democrats.
To Dan and pn and all the other panicky liberals who call us “xenophobes”, I ask you to review the proposed bill and the comments of the posters… but to reiterate… this goes for ILLEGAL LAW-BREAKERS, NOT LEGAL ALIENS AND THOSE SEEKING OFFICIAL CITIZENSHIP. I agree with blue_moon916, that we as a nation can and should do more to help those in need in our country, but ONLY those who are LEGAL CITIZENS. If you have such little respect for my country that you won’t follow the proper steps to immigrate here and become a citizen or AT LEAST get a green card or work visa…. well, then, I don’t give two craps about you, your family, your kids or your lost job. You can go back to your birth nation and start over… come here LEGALLY, do things the RIGHT WAY, and we as a country will help you… try to sneak over ILLEGALLY and circumvent the system, well then, we will throw you out on your a**.
Not being mean, not being unreasonable, not being a xenophobe…. i’m just being a realist who realizes that our economy cannot support millions of illegal immigrants. So to those who protest every time any legislation comes up to try to keep track of people and determine the legals from the illegals… shut your mouths and start working toward a REAL SOLUTION.
God bless America, and all those people who have come here LEGALLY to help make our nation great.
Jeff
November 17th, 2010
7:37 pm
And to Green Day at 7:26 p.m… the fact that the quote for your ideology comes from a clownish, immature, untalented rock group speaks volumes about you. I think you’ve defined who the “American idiot” is.
Orange09
November 17th, 2010
7:37 pm
Oh great! Now we are going to have uneducated criminals.
John
November 17th, 2010
7:38 pm
Hey Green Day- I’m glad you’re not the President. Do you have any concept of what is against the law and what is not?
And why would the son of a Saudi oil sheik move to the US for a college education? He already has more money than any third world country.
You don’t need a college education to learn to build a bomb. Anyone can find this info on the internet.
And we’re not anti immigrant buffoons… We’re anti ILLEGAL immigrant buffoons. LOL
Boooo
November 17th, 2010
7:39 pm
Does anyone find it amazing that parents came here illegally and managed to survive with no work long enough to raise children that are now college age??? How could the parents have worked when they were not legal??? How have these people been living? What the Heck?
Jeff
November 17th, 2010
7:41 pm
Well-put, John.
And as for Orange09…. you are assuming that all foreigners are just going to become criminals?
I happen to know a LOT of people who have immigrated to the U.S. LEGALLY and have built wonderful, successful careers, and their kids’ lives are infinitely better for it. Let’s not paint all immigrants with the same brush… the legal ones that work hard, pay taxes, and play by the rules are fine… the scumbags who think so little of our nation’s laws that they are just “not going to bother with becoming legal”… well, they can go to Hades for all I care… we don’t need them!!!
John
November 17th, 2010
7:43 pm
Not sure what this topic has to do with being Republican or Democrat. Or what it has to do with the Bible.
Pole Cat
November 17th, 2010
7:48 pm
Thankfully Georgia people have good common sense, unlike the Kooks in California.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
7:53 pm
Believe me, when laws like this are enacted, the illegal pipeline will shut down to Georgia. It will move to other states. That is the best that can be hoped for at this point. The federal government’s lack of courage to enforce our borders is the crux for this mess. It is left to the states to act.
Really Ticked
November 17th, 2010
7:53 pm
About time. The illegals have already benefited from the k-12 programs that have the dont ask and dont tell policy. I am sure that there are many fine colleges in their home countries.
DogGoneLiberal
November 17th, 2010
7:58 pm
Dan Matthews what do you not understand about Illegal. They broke the law by coming here and putting themselves in this position. What about the legal immigrants they go through the classes and pay their fees? You are probably part of the problem by employing illegals to save money which is hurting all legal citizens they abide by the rule of law.
We have to educate them up until high-school but not after that. Your ideology is also a slap in the face for foreign exchange students the apply legally to GA institutions. The board of regents doesn’t really care if they are legal or illegal because its more money for the school with higher enrollment which is also part of the problem
pn
November 17th, 2010
7:59 pm
If you want to keep illegal immigrants out of GA, fine the employers. Period.
Enough with the smoke and mirrors and endless political grandstanding on the subject of illegal immigrants.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:00 pm
As for California being kooks…. read the state’s history, it’s founding. Spain settled there first. Braceros were brought from Mexico in great numbers in the 1940’s for the agricultural industry. California’s situation is much different that Georgia’s. Mexicans are recent arrivals here. There is still time to save this state (maybe).
against_illegal
November 17th, 2010
8:15 pm
Why not bar all illegals from all public schools K-12 as well?
against_illegal
November 17th, 2010
8:19 pm
Oh, should introduce bills to kick ass those in the education systems that allowed illegal immigrants in public schools as well.
Not so smart
November 17th, 2010
8:19 pm
Until the US borders are sealed, all administrations will continue to make extreme decision that effect all of us. Making miniscule laws wont make little difference as long as we do not know who is entering this country, where they come from, where they are going, when they arrived, what they are doing and continue living on our land (ready for body scans on P’tree).
K
November 17th, 2010
8:21 pm
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE APPRECIABLE Excuse “IF YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ISSUE A FEW WORDS SILENCE NOT SAY NOTHING BETTER “!!!!
Let me make a comment MAKERS OF THIS COUNTRY IS IN THE SITUATION IS AS IS THANKS TO GOVERNING HOW YOU AND YOUR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY for their actions and wrongdoing.
Eddie
November 17th, 2010
8:21 pm
everything happens on this earth for a reason, illegal or llegal find it in your heart to help someone…
Reality
November 17th, 2010
8:22 pm
Deal with reality, not politics. The facts are there are kids here whose parents brought them to this country illegally. Denying them college admission isn’t going to make them disappear. A certain proportion of these kids have gone to school, succeeded and excelled. They are ready to contribute to society and want to get an education and are willing to pay for it. By denying them admission you keep them from advancing, you keep them from contributing to their fullest potential and you perpetuate existing stereotypes and create a permanent underclass. I can’t understand what is so wrong with allowing anyone who has the ability to further their education the chance to do so.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:26 pm
If you like higher taxes to pay burdened school systems, health care and the criminal justice system. If like drug gangs and the violence that goes with it, by all means sit on your hands and enjoy a cheap crew of leaf blowers, roofers, ditch diggers. That is the choice.
Paco
November 17th, 2010
8:27 pm
Hola amigos. La verdad nose por que tanto desprecio hacia nosotros los seres mas guapos del universo. Pero si no quieren ver mi bello rostro de mexicano tendre que irme con mis riquezas a otro lado. Adios amigos me voy para Europa.
pho-79
November 17th, 2010
8:30 pm
No human being is illegal.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:31 pm
The problem is, Reality, who pays for it? I ‘ve seen first hand what it has done to California. I won’t be in this state much longer, so it is no skin off my back.
Ron Jaworski
November 17th, 2010
8:33 pm
So you want the child who has been here since he/she was 2 to go back to their “home” country to get an education? Nice.
Rob
November 17th, 2010
8:34 pm
Why are we banning them the colleges and not other public schools. All schools should verify kids are legally here. If they are not then more than likely the parents are illegal also.
DEPORT THE WHOLE FAMILY.
Yeah Right!
November 17th, 2010
8:36 pm
I guess now the white race knows how the Native Americans felt when they were coming to America in droves and spreading their God awful diseases, stealing land, and stealing riches and artifacts. Then after they settled here, they had the unmitigated audacity to enact laws AGAINST others coming here for the same reason that they showed up themselves. The hypocrisy is so amazing that I find myself shaking my head over and over again.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:40 pm
look up ciudad juarez.
lee anne
November 17th, 2010
8:43 pm
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!!
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:44 pm
or tiajuana. check out how many police chiefs have been murdered there.
Bill Orvis White
November 17th, 2010
8:46 pm
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
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:47 pm
small minds attack the messenger, not the message
Ric
November 17th, 2010
8:47 pm
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?
Kingdom
November 17th, 2010
8:54 pm
This is Horrible!
Ric
November 17th, 2010
8:56 pm
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.)
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:57 pm
Mexicans aren’t the only ones in large numbers illegally here. There huge numbers of Indians (from India) in this state on expired work visas.
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
8:57 pm
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.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
8:59 pm
If you want an America that speaks Spanish, or wears saris or burkas, Fine. If you don’t, then wake the hell up.
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:04 pm
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.
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
9:05 pm
Ummm.. I think I’ll ask my US citizen kids to slip across the border into Canada and get a university education there on the Canadian taxpayer’s dime. How far do you think they’d get with that?
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:08 pm
Happy Meal…the fries the burning, get back to work.
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
9:11 pm
Answer the question Don.
BAMADAWG
November 17th, 2010
9:11 pm
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!!!!!
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
9:11 pm
Try doing it in Mexico, Happy meal. no chance
bulldogmaniac
November 17th, 2010
9:11 pm
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.
BAMADAWG
November 17th, 2010
9:13 pm
Don, You’re a idiot. Try thinking every once in a while!!
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
9:14 pm
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.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
9:17 pm
sorry, Don, you aren’t a LEO. I misread your post. You “work” in it. Nebulous at best. My apologies to real LEO’s out there.
Jake
November 17th, 2010
9:17 pm
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.
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
9:20 pm
Jake, pay for it then. Out of your pocket.
Concerned
November 17th, 2010
9:20 pm
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.
Ashamed Republican
November 17th, 2010
9:21 pm
I’m sure Mr. Biomass and Bill and all their friends know that our immigration quotas have not been updated for more than 20 years. By asking someone from Mexico to wait 18 years to enter this country legally, we are basically saying that our country is no longer taking new immigrants. Sorry, you should have applied for your Green Card back in 1992. Oh, you weren’t born then? Tough luck. Not our problem. Get in line pal. But we are a “country of immigrants”!!!
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:23 pm
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..
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
9:26 pm
Jake and Don – what public services do our neighbors to the north and south provide to US citizens?
BIOMASS
November 17th, 2010
9:26 pm
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.
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:26 pm
Happy Meal….Ask an intelligent question first…..you are actually quite boring
Crystal
November 17th, 2010
9:27 pm
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.
drhank
November 17th, 2010
9:28 pm
Dan’s statement is absurd!! How can you possibly believe this? There is nothing in this that even remotely proffers what you suggest. People who are working for international companies in the U. S. are LEGAL RESIDENTS. Get it, they aren’t illegal. How many people must bust down our door and cheat the system on the way to bankrupting us before you get it!
zeke
November 17th, 2010
9:29 pm
Not enough! They must also be banned from K-12!!!!
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
9:29 pm
You are embarrassed Don and you know it. You’ve been schooled.
Atta Boy!
November 17th, 2010
9:30 pm
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!
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:34 pm
Yes Happy, you are todays big winner. Please take your trophy now and get off your Mom’s computer so we can move on….
Crystal
November 17th, 2010
9:37 pm
I agree with Zeke but the Supreme court said that the illegals are entitled to a k-12 education. College is another matter.
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
9:38 pm
Crystal’s idea of a HS diploma might be a start. Where would a kid who has been here his life go to get college educated? Would a case by case process where they pay in-state rates be possible?
Max
November 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
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.
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
9:48 pm
Folks, somebody help Don out here. He’s trying to think of any country on earth that educates other country’s citizens for free. And of course then he’ll need to get a list of countries that pay social security type pensions to illegals because they’ve lived there all their lives and didn’t have an employer who paid in on their behalf.
Max
November 17th, 2010
9:50 pm
while you watch in agony how your beloved state has been taken by this “invaders”
Norm
November 17th, 2010
9:50 pm
Why does every white person in this country assume their ancestors have arrived here legally? Who made the rules of entry? And, the southwest part of this country was illegally taken from Spain? People want to make up rules as long as they are not the victims. A country of myopic hypocrites when one looks at the true meaning of the Statue of Liberty – why can-t everyone just go “home”.
eatmotacos
November 17th, 2010
9:58 pm
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?
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
10:00 pm
Happy Meal, didn’t mean to get inside your head and make you think about me all night…. Just some chit chat with folks on here…. But since I somehow struck a raw nerve with your fragile psyche please relax and go upstairs. The basement is a cold and lonely place to be all night. Tomorrow as you prepare for your morning shift at the Waffle House it will all be better. Bubba, Slim, Flo and the others will help you forget all about me…..Sweet Dreams, Don
Don KeBallz
November 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
BTW Happy…save your comments for tomorrow, I’m going to watch some ESPN now! Later !
Happy Meal
November 17th, 2010
10:13 pm
Don, what, no list? Oh well. I hear we’re thinking about a one way mission to Mars. Maybe you can hitch a ride and, who knows, maybe you can start your own country, maybe even your own planet, complete with free everything to all. Good luck, night.
Common Sense 752
November 17th, 2010
10:23 pm
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
Ryan
November 17th, 2010
10:23 pm
So let me get this straight. They are just now adopting a policy that bars illegals from attending GA colleges? Wow. These guys are really on top of it.
Common Sense 752
November 17th, 2010
10:30 pm
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?
ga female
November 17th, 2010
10:44 pm
Poor stupid Johnny Isakson has been running his mouth since the election winning that they only needed 3 more seats to start impeachment of Obama. Impeachment of Obama for what, being 1/2 black. Is that what the raciest Isakson wanted. Isakson who has is second or third marriage kids at Woodward, not in Public School. Let us not forget he got the biggest target tax credit of all the two tax buyer credits. That failed to get the housing industry going. They just went to people that were going to buy anyway.
What a hypocrite. Next he will want a facelift credit, because his face is sure sliding off his face. Bad inbred genes.
Southern and Proud
November 17th, 2010
10:45 pm
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!
Southern and Proud
November 17th, 2010
10:48 pm
Republicans have done great things for this country. They freed the slaves and they created the civil rights movement…FACT Martin Luther King was a REPUBLICAN!!! HAHAHAHA
PR
November 17th, 2010
10:50 pm
Foreign companies, I would hope, have legal aliens working for them here in GA. I am glad to see this bill introduced. Why the hell should my tax dollars be used to teach a bunch of illegals? As far as I’m concerned illegals do not deserve any kind of break from this country. No protection under the law, nothing. If you are here illegaly you are a criminal! Illegals bring drugs, crime, filth and no morals. Ship them home in a cattle truck cause that’s what they are…animals.
Common Sense 752
November 17th, 2010
10:54 pm
Actually, Republicans have bankrupted us by giving tax cuts to millionaires. See Bush, George W. He doubled the national debt from $6Trillion to $12 Trillion. Ronald Reagan tripled it from $1 Trillion to $3 Trillion. They also took away the interest tax deduction on the automobiles we drive to work but left them on vacation homes, yachts etc. Not a real good track record for the middle class.
Immigration will never cost as much as we blew in Iraq and Afghanistan but you guys will never get that.
Common Sense 752
November 17th, 2010
10:59 pm
Not a history buff huh. The Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964, by Lyndon Johnson…but why would you let the truth get in the way of a good rant.
eatmotacos
November 17th, 2010
11:04 pm
The lack of immigration enforcement is bipartisan – Zaxby initiated the moratorium on rounding up illegal aliens – it is well documented. The “Carpet Cartel”, who sacrificed Dalton, are all Republicans. They are more than happy to use your tax money to subsidize cheap labor for their cronies.
Edie
November 17th, 2010
11:06 pm
When are we going to talk about what price the parents of illegal alien children should pay for breaking the law? “Community service” for 5 years, two days a week? Many states are in a state of mess right now due to the bad economy. State Buildings need painting, parks need to be cleaned up, calls could be made to educate the public on so many subjects, …
Until we talk about the punishment, we should not be talking about the rewards from their illegal actions.
aladawg
November 17th, 2010
11:06 pm
To all you simpleton, idiotic moron imbecile damn liberal sh–heads that don’t like this bill get the hell out of the United States and go live in that stink hole called Mexico.
Common Sense 752
November 17th, 2010
11:10 pm
I am proud to stand up for people…you can call me any name you want to…but I was born here and there is nothing you can do about it.
Frank
November 17th, 2010
11:19 pm
I served in the U.S. Army for 28 years and lived around the world. I paid attention to the natives when they would comment about Americans being slow, backward and did not or could not fit in. I began to realize and understand just what they were saying. Take a good look at yourselves and you you will understand what I am saying. How many languages do you speak, or should I say how many languages which you are capable of learning. The south with buba and the belles are as backwards today as they were in 1861. They fly the rebel flag between they cheeks and swear they are God,s gift to the world. I truly feel sorry for them, for they no not the fools the world see them as and wonder why they rest of the world hates them so. They would argue jealousy, that the world is just envious of America. I guess that could be so since we have such a wonderful society where murder, rape and robbery has made us a armed camp, did I forget the crimes against chrilden. Things are changing and will change, there will be no place to hide your lies because the world has grown up and sadly to say this false claim of being a superpower is only a mirage. The bill owed is coming due. Hate will lose as the evil beings who provide the engine which drives the vehicle. What does getting an education hurt any one of us? Realize that Georgia is not the only player in the game. I would advise them all to go elsewhere where they are appreciated, and the same for big business. I could care less, if the tax base get worse, it will make Sherman,s march seem as days of wine and roses. Keep hating, you have much to look forward to and will continue to be a third rate looser.
John
November 17th, 2010
11:30 pm
To all idiots not listening to the problem. We do not want to send 2 year olds back. We do not want to deny anyone an education. We do not want to deny hard workers employment. We do not want these illegals to “disappear”. But by God, attain these things the same way as those who founded this country and the other millions who migrated here…LEGALLY!!!! How freakin hard is it to understand? We all want others to enjoy the same rights we have enjoyed. This is the greatest country in the world. But it won’t be for long if immigrants continue to break the law.
John
November 17th, 2010
11:32 pm
What are you talking about Frank? This string of posts is regarding illegal immigrants.
John
November 17th, 2010
11:38 pm
752: My 2 least prosperous years as a business owner have been under this administration. Consequently, my employee’s least prosperous as well. Who are you employed by? The homeless? By the way, Obama said during his campaign, he would bring the troops home. 2 years in, still waiting. This isn’t a lie, it is the definition of a lie.
Frank
November 17th, 2010
11:39 pm
I love it, what fools. I assure you the world is also laughing. These people work, hard doing what you will not do. Who will do these things when they are gone. The blacks will not , maybe the redneck flag waivers will. I have a college education and will make sure my grandchildren continue to get a college education so they will never go back to where I came from, I laugh because I don,t need you, I don,t worry about a job or money, how many of you haters` can say that.
IAMJUSTSAYING
November 17th, 2010
11:45 pm
I totally agree with this bill i HOPE IT PASSES…ONLY IN AMERICA CAN PEOPLE COME AND JUST RUN AMUCK!!!!…..I AM TIRED OF US MAKING SPECIAL ACCOMMDATIONS FOR OTHERS THAT WE ALL KNOW THEIR COUNTRIES DON’T AND WON’T MAKE FOR US…………..AND WHAT -PART OF ILLEGAL IS A UNDERSTANDABLE!!!…….GEEEEESH
Frank
November 17th, 2010
11:46 pm
Another thing for the Obama haters, he did not make this problem, the Republicans did, he has tried to turn things around and has been disrespected in public when your good buddy Republicans have shown and told the world how they want4ed him to fail. If all was so great under Bush,m you must -have been given a share of the loot.
John
November 17th, 2010
11:51 pm
Ric: By not having a SSN, not paying taxes, local, state, federal, by collecting govt. funds i.e. welfare, food stamps, wic, ss, attending public schools free of charge, etc. people are breaking the law. Theft by taking. Stealing. i don’t know any plainer English. Its breaking the law. As this continues unpunished, more will do it. Eventually more people will be pulling cookies out of the jar, than are putting in. Are you getting any of this. This is common sense. I’m not making it up. Its simple math and common sense. People entering this country and society illegally is but the first on a long list of laws being broken and problems being created by these criminals.
John
November 17th, 2010
11:55 pm
I knew there was someone left with faith in Obama. Frank, your approval rating is 0. You and your posts are a joke just like your CIC.
Frank
November 17th, 2010
11:58 pm
To John, if you were smart enough, you would understand, just what I am saying. I made that clear in what `I wrote above. The days that your fathers enjoyed died with the civil rights movement, you and your children had better get used to the day when you cannot take advantage of those who today have no voice as the -blacks did after slavery and through Jim Crow. Maybe you should move to Mexico because the rest of the world will recognize you as soon as you open your mouth, if you went someplace such as Europe, even England.
eatmotacos
November 17th, 2010
11:58 pm
Frank, Goldman Sachs hasn’t missed a beat under Obama. You may need a refresher course in politics – its a lot like professional wrastlin.
TjAtl
November 18th, 2010
12:09 am
What you people don’t understand is that it takes damn near a GENERATION to be approved for legal immigration into the US from Mexico. Seriously. Due to our current immigration quotas, a poor person with no work visa granted for specific skills not filled by citizens would wait nearly 20 years to be *possibly* granted legal entrance. You all act like it’s as easy as filling out the paperwork and going through the “process”, and these people just flaunted it.
This is why Bush proposed the guest worker visa program — there are needs in our economy that these workers fill. Give them a way to get here LEGALLY to work, and have them pay taxes. Then you can lay out a possible path for citizenship for those workers (certain amount of time here, maybe military service, no criminal record, etc.)
Immigration laws and quotas as we know them in this country really didn’t begin to kick in until the 1920s. Before that (and even for some time afterward), pretty much anyone who managed to get here got to stay. How many of YOUR ancestors does that cover?
ReaderAndWriter
November 18th, 2010
12:19 am
Just to set the record straight, desptite what most Georgians, at least those who have been commenting on this topic, believe, we cannot legally pass a law to deny K-12 education to any child who lives within the borders of our state. We are prohibited by Supremem Court (federal) case law (Castañeda v. Pickard and Lau v. Nichols), which has the same effect as that of federal statutes, and the Equal Access clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Consitution from denying such a child admission to a K-12 school. In point of fact, we are barred even from asking the child and his or her parent/guardian for proof of legal immigration status. Do you understand what I am saying: school personnel cannot legally ask for any documentation or even ask if the family is in the country legally. It would be illegal to do so. That is why our schools no longer ask for or collect Social Security numbers; it would be an indication of immigration status or not (aside from the fact that our Social Security numbers are never allowed to be used for identification purposes, by federal law!)
I once had to write an explantion of this very issue for our newly-elected governor in another setting several years ago. Don’t even think about trying to legislate any child living in Georgia out of a K-12 education. I and, I supect, any number of others.
Frank
November 18th, 2010
12:19 am
I just love it. I realize that the people in this country who need the most help, do the least to help themselves. The rich know this and keep the populace divided. I was educated when I came into the military and became better educated through the military and I thank God everyday for allowing me to served and survive Vietnam when we were loosing over 3000 men a month. I hate all those who have never fought anybody but talk the loudest. There is a big world out there but each day it gets smaller. Hate is not acceptable when you are hating because of the skin.We need to take a good look at ourselves. Things could be worse, politics are what they are, lives are more important.
Olympics
November 18th, 2010
1:13 am
The whole thing about immigration has to do with unemployment and the 9/11. Also you have put one and one together. We have the latest technology in the world. Do you think illegals are making sophisticated holes at the border? Immigration Officials are been paid by coyotes to let them in to the country.
Andrew
November 18th, 2010
1:42 am
They already banned illegals from the Hope Scholarship and they are not eligible for the resident rate. They have to ironically pay the ‘non-resident rate’. Why should anyone care if they are illegal and paying the full price of admission. It is the k-12 illegal students we should toss out. They are crowding the schools, do not speak English all on my tax dollars.
The Centrist
November 18th, 2010
1:46 am
Hey John 11:38pm: NEWS FLASH. Aug 22, 2010 … Early Thursday, less than two weeks before the president’s Aug. 31 deadline for ending American combat operations in Iraq, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed the border from Iraq into Kuwait. With the departure of this last combat brigade, the U.S. military presence in Iraq is now down to 50,000 troops, fewer than at any time since the 2003 invasion. John. Don’t let facts get in the way of a neo-con truthism.
The Centrist
November 18th, 2010
2:04 am
Back to undocumented children. Has anyone considered that HOPE Scholarships are actually funded the Lottery not taxpayers?
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
November 18th, 2010
2:10 am
Good to see among Georgia’s supporters of the 9/11-committing, draft-dodging closet-queen, George W. Bush a few actual Baptists and Freemasons who recognize illegal immigration for that which its papist promoters intend: an organized invasion for conquest. Doubters and fence-straddlers who would otherwise be patriots need merely reference Rome’s marching orders, the “National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry,” outlining in Spanish and English the means by which the RCC is effecting the usurpation of Our Constitution and People through the promotion of illegal immigration…tax-free.
Shannon
November 18th, 2010
5:27 am
How illegal immigration is like prostitution:
It’s best treated by cutting demand, not cutting supply.
Your outrage is misplaced. Instead of the illegal immigrants, you should be fiercely angry with any citizen or business that chooses to employ them. *They* should be the targets of wrath and legislation.
If you arrest the prostitute, more prostitutes will spring up.
If you arrest the johns, the demand for prostitutes dries out: voila, no more prostitutes.
If you arrest the illegals, more illegals will spring up.
If you arrest the people who employ them, then they will have no reason to come here: voila, no more illegals.
phil
November 18th, 2010
6:32 am
I think Dan is referring to illegal companies such as drug cartels that will not move here.
Straight Talk
November 18th, 2010
7:22 am
It’s all George Bush’s fault. Just ask Cynthia Tucker. LOL
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
November 18th, 2010
7:33 am
Just as much “straight talk” as the Hanoi Hilton’s “Songbird” who threw away five jets, blew up the Forrestal, betrayed his faithful wife, married into the Mob, and gave us racist, Inbred whitetrash Palin fronting for Rome and Rockefeller.
It's About Time
November 18th, 2010
7:33 am
It’s About Time that someone started doing something to prohibit the free education of illegals. As it is a REAL American cannot got to college if they have a criminal background. So …. why is someone here illegally allowed to go? THEY HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME. THEY ARE HERE ILLEGALLY. And to the little idiot just convicted of driving without a license in Cobb County. GO HOME….. to MEXICO …… You have been given a FREE High School diploma. You would be considered highly educated in MEXICO. Also. “OUR” immigration laws are not broken. Since you are here illegally … “OUR” LAWS DO NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO CLAIM THEM. Maybe you with your free education should go back to Mexico and change Mexico’s Immigration Laws ……
AMERICAN POLITICIANS …. You need to start enforcing ALL of “OUR” Immigration Laws … Send the bums back to where they come from and then let then appeal their deportation ….
George P. Burdell
November 18th, 2010
7:54 am
Is this issue truly a problem worth spending much or any time on? I mean, really, where does it stack up with education, water, and transportation? How much more economic activity will this issue generate?
JONE
November 18th, 2010
8:00 am
I”M A Democrat has spoken a true statement. If your here legal you have a right to attend schools to get a higher education. those who seek to get around the system for schools and jobs and health care need to be sent packing. If and when this state and the USA gets it right we will become a better place to live. Those that think its ok to let the illegals stay need to go get a brain scan because something not functioning correctly.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
November 18th, 2010
8:03 am
I knew “George P. Burdell” was a joke at Tech, did know “he” is also RC.
Willis
November 18th, 2010
8:10 am
The WAY to go Rep. Rice. Keep them uneducated – that way, you’ll always have cheap labor to cut your grass.
Buzz G
November 18th, 2010
8:17 am
Now what we need is a ban on hiring illegal aliens.
Keith Helms
November 18th, 2010
8:19 am
I can’t believe there are this many traitors posting on here. If you support the presence of illegal invaders in this country you also support the presence of the North Korean army. There is no difference. You need to go to their native home with them since your allegiance is NOT to the USA. Don’t rant about me questioning your allegiance, you did it yourself.
beep beep
November 18th, 2010
8:32 am
Wow Frank. Let’s talk about slow, backward and cannot fit in. Slow (uneducated) is having too many misspellings or punctuations to count. You talk of several languages, yet you have not mastered your own. Backward is still pushing stories about the old days when you were a slave during the Civil War. That’s how your message reads. Also, maybe that is also why you can’t fit in. You mention hate a lot! Your posts ooze hate. You are correct that Georgia is not the only player in the game. There is a reason there has been a mass migration to the SOUTH for many years and it’s not just for the weather. Feel free to take up residence in another state or country where you can be accepted for the person you think you are. Countries like Cuba, North Korea, Brazil, China and Iran all come to mind. I am sure these are the super powers where you dream of living. If you have been so many places, then you would have to have been blind to not see countries that still are LEGALLY divided by race, religion and wealth. You may not like all that is here, but try being yourself in any Country.
jose
November 18th, 2010
8:45 am
what,we should do is get all old,really ,really old senator,congres,legislator out the power,whit all the obsolate ideas
phil
November 18th, 2010
8:49 am
Commode Scents 752 is weird.
jose
November 18th, 2010
8:50 am
rob,you have to be ,a wt,iam 100% s,you family is not from this hole we call usa
Jimmy D
November 18th, 2010
8:57 am
Everyone has a right to there opinion, and beliefs. But it is amazing how we are suppose to be the great nation, and a Christian nation, except when you are considered to be below me. Yeah illejal is illegal, and the law is the law. So when the next time any of you break the law, regardless of what the law is, turn yourself in or stop a cop to write you a ticket.
daniel
November 18th, 2010
9:10 am
Dan,
Surely you are joking with your comment!
Ric
November 18th, 2010
9:28 am
John at 11:51 pm:
That may be a legitimate argument if it were true, but it’s not.
Undocumented immigrants are paying taxes and are not receiving most forms of public benefits and services.
Each year, undocumented workers pay $6-7 billion a year in Social Security taxes they’ll never be able to draw and $1.2-2.2 billion in Medicaid taxes they’ll never be able to draw. In fact, the earnings suspense file at the Social Security Administration is being bolstered by hundreds of billions of dollars contributed by undocumented immigrants, and those reserves are growing by about $51 billion each year.
On the federal and state levels, undocumented immigrants are generally net contributors to government (the costs add up on the local level, though). The average immigrant, regardless of legal status, pays about $80,000 more in taxes than he or she receives in public benefits and services over a lifespan.
As I’ve already mentioned, most of the states with the highest undocumented populations have found that their undocumented immigrants provide net fiscal gains to their state budgets, even when accounting for the costs of educating their native-born children. Texas found that undocumented immigrants pay $424.7 million/year more in taxes than they receive in benefits and services. Similar studies have been done in Arizona, New Mexico, Illinois, Nevada, and North Carolina.
All undocumented immigrants are banned from using any welfare or public assistance programs. In fact, since 1996, even most legal immigrants have been severely restricted from using public assistance. The only exceptions are emergency medical care and public k-12 education.
Are there cases of welfare fraud among undocumented immigrants? Sure. But studies have consistently found that welfare fraud among undocumented immigrants is at considerably lower rates than welfare fraud among the native-born. As the undocumented population in the United States doubled, we saw federal welfare caseloads decrease more than 30%, and state caseloads declined about 60% in the states with high concentrations of undocumented immigrants. When undocumented immigrants do use the emergency medical services for which they are eligible, they use less than one-half the dollar amount in medical services that the native-born do. Immigrants tend to use medical services far less frequently than the native-born. Communities with high undocumented populations also typically have lower rates of ER usage.
John, using your logic that people who consume more in government than they contribute are criminals, we should arrest and deport 67% of American citizens and keep most of the immigrants. Thank you for supporting the pro-immigrant movement, John!
Danzy
November 18th, 2010
9:28 am
1980-2010 = 30 years
Republican Presidency: 1980-1988- Reagan,1988-1992- Bush Sr. (12 years)
Democratic Presidency: 1992-2000- Clinton (8 years)
Republican Presidency: 2000-2008- Bush (8 years)
Democratic Presidency: 2008- present: Obama (2 years)
If you look at it, the Republicans have controlled the White House for 20 out of the past 30 years. Why are the Republicans so hard pressed to make illegal immigration a huge priority now? It has been an issue for more than 30 years, and they had 20 years to do something about it, but did not. Its funny how these GOP politicians want to blame the liberals and Obama for everything, when in fact they were in charge for the majority of the last 30 years… Don’t blame the current administration for the illegal immigration problem, when all of the former presidencies had a chance to do something but did not.
Where were these anti immigrant groups and the tea party people when Reagan and Bush(es) were president, and did nothing to stop illegal immigration??
Blah blah blah
November 18th, 2010
9:57 am
I am a teacher here in Georgia. I honestly believe if we weren’t spending so much money to educate the illegal kids in the k-12 with programs such as ESOL, ELL, etc. (on top of spending the money to actually educate them) our school systems would have a lot more money. The burden of these kids probably led to my pay cuts, furloughs, etc…Also, think about how the money being spent to educate the illegals is taking away from children who are citizens or here as legal immirgrants. The money spent per student has drastically declined over the years. We would also probably have a much smaller student-teacher ratio in our classes if some of these kids weren’t here. These kids are also the sub-group that keeps schools like mine from making AYP – I realize these are children and they didn’t make the choice to come here BUT if we didn’t allow them in our schools the parents probably would be less detered from bringing them here.
Blah blah blah
November 18th, 2010
9:59 am
I meant to say more detered not less detered….
Normal
November 18th, 2010
10:02 am
The College big wigs don’t care who applies as long as they pays their money…ain’t that the Republican way?
Normal
November 18th, 2010
10:04 am
If the kids were born here, they are NOT illegal
minustoplus
November 18th, 2010
10:06 am
Can someone explain to me how in the first place can an illegal enter school without a social security number? And then explain to me, once they have entered school, who’s social security number are they using if they are here illegally? So if you stop them on the front end, no need to worry about the back end. Again, if I am caught breaking the rules, why cry about the punishment?
Just a thought.
Blah blah blah
November 18th, 2010
10:40 am
You don’t have to have a social security number to enroll in school, just an address within the district. I know that we aren’t allowed to tell on students who tell us they are illegal because if we do we can lose our job. It’s a baffling thing that a school system that is run under federal/state regulation can knowingly break the law and harbor illegals. I myself lived and attended school in another country (Japan) and I had to have my equivilent to a VISA on me at all times….and my parents had to pay for me to go to school! My father also had to sign something saying that if I got into trouble that he was accountable and all sorts of stuff. Other countries have STRICT immigration policy and don’t tolerate ILLEGALS so why is it so hard for people here to comprehend????
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
November 18th, 2010
10:50 am
Because the RCs have taken over and want the illegals here to take the pressure off their slave aristocracies elsewhere in their “Latifundium.” “They” know what “they” are doing. Fortunately some patriots do too. With G-d on America’s side I don’t like Rome’s chances in Our Land.
fs
November 18th, 2010
12:16 pm
Wow. So much hatred. God please help these people.
Blah blah blah
November 18th, 2010
1:27 pm
There is a big difference between hate and not supporting those breaking the law. I don’t hate immigrants, but I do have a HUGE problem with ILLEGALS. Let’s see you singing praise for other law breakers such as drug dealers, rapists, thieves, etc….
No School For You — Peach Pundit
November 18th, 2010
7:50 pm
[...] Georgia legislators said the ruling didn’t go far enough. Yesterday Rep. Tom Rice submitted a new bill that would deny any Georgia public college from admitting any illegal [...]
Jake
November 18th, 2010
10:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OjTspCqvk8
“Well Americans what?Nothing better to do? Why don’t you kick yourself out, you’re and immigrant to! Who’s using who? What should we do? Well you can’t be a pimp and a prostitute too.”
– White Stripes
missmollie
November 19th, 2010
5:55 am
One day, California with its fortune and fame, is going to fall off of the face of this earth…with its storms, hurricanes, and earthquakes…
Fine the employers $5,000 for each one and start in Gainesville. Georgia is said to have more illegal immigrants than Arizona…more
than $600,000.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
November 19th, 2010
8:22 am
We shall succeed as the American Nation only insofar as the People regain sovereignty by displacing the transparently obvious fascist plutocracy now ruling over us through the corrupt “bi-partisan” political buffer caste which has promoted and protected illegal immigration for thirty years in accordance with the Roman Catholic Church’s published stratagem.
Obey the Creed’s three mottoes and serve, and be prospered by, the “King of America,” the Creator, or submit to that which Our Founder identified as “the real Anti-Christ,” through the embrace of sympathetic pawns pushed here for the express, stated purpose of overthrowing Our Creed and culture…ASIC there weren’t enough slums and brothels in the regions of the world already under the control of Rome’s pedophile priests and fascist false-elite.
Wake up, America. Those who support illegal immigration are witting orunwitting agents of treason whose only goal is the completed destructionof the People and America.
Juanita
November 19th, 2010
6:26 pm
To BOO they survive in our country because they use dead people ssn numbers to work and our employer don’t care,we had someone working at my company alot of us reported it ,and guess what we were told by the immigration the list was long. Then we learned six months after she quit that the owners moved her from one hotel to another because they was looking for her to deport her.
zeb
November 19th, 2010
8:17 pm
Fine the employers if you want to stop illegal immigration.
Big fines. Even if they’re bigwigs in the Republican party, which you can bet they are.
Punishing children for what their parents did is mean-spirited and evil.
Banning kids from getting an education is absurd.
Public education is the bedrock of this country and our democracy.
Rob
November 23rd, 2010
9:07 am
The bill is to little almost too late. If the CEOs and Board of Directors take the money, then they should be the first to be locked up when ILLegal Alians are Used, and I do mean USED. The boil has been festering for over 30 years; ignored by both parties. Time to secure the borders. And O by the way… Just see what consequences await if you get caught as an Illegal South of our border.
la voz
November 23rd, 2010
3:10 pm
They can’t deport all of us. No amount of laws is going to stop us from feeding our families.