Illegal Immigrant Upset He Must Pay For College Without the “Dream Act”
File this under “Increíble.”
Lonely Conservative reports that some illegal immigrants rallied in Albany, NY, over the weekend, and one of the speakers complained that he will have to work to pay for his college education.
Mateo Tabares and two dozen other students chanted “Education not deportation” and similar slogans Saturday morning as they rallied in support of the DREAM Act, a measure that would allow access to state financial aid for New York college students who are undocumented.
The bill likely would mean the difference between Tabares, an 18-year-old from Queens, being able to go to college full time or having to work 40 hours a week to pay tuition for only part-time classes, thus delaying his education, he said. Tabares was among a group of young people who traveled upstate to advocate for the DREAM Act during this weekend’s Somos El Futuro conference, a gathering of Latino lawmakers. The DREAM Act would benefit an estimated 8,000 students, proponents say.
Defeated in the state Senate on March 17 by a 30-29 vote — two short of the 32 needed for a majority — the bill is the subject of continuing negotiations. Supporters are pressuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include it in the state budget, which is due April 1.
Students, members of the state Senate and Assembly, labor leaders and others spoke at a news conference at the Empire State Plaza organized by Felix Ortiz, a Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the state Legislature’s Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force and is chairman of the Somos conference.
Four states — Texas, California, New Mexico and Washington — have passed versions of the DREAM Act to allow non-citizen students access to state aid for college education. Criticizing the federal government for promising but failing to pass immigration reform, Sen. Jose Peralta, a Queens Democrat who sponsored the DREAM Act in the Senate, said, “Now it is up to us, New York state, to take the lead and ensure that we pass the DREAM Act. … We want to work with Gov. Cuomo to make sure New York becomes the fifth state.”
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Oh, get out the violins!!!! I have no sympathy for those who choose to demand things to be given to them instead of earning those things for themselves. Those who demand things will never be satisfied and will spend their lives consumed with constant demands for even more things. In addition, this ungrateful twit is a foreign invader and should be sent home!
I have an idea for Mateo, why doesn’t he go back to where ever he came from and try to get an education at all. Maybe then he will be more appreciative of the opportunities in this country even if it takes more time than he wants it to take.
Oh, bugger off, you ungrateful illegal bastard! Planes are flying, coyotes are helping people cross the border. Find one!
This little snot needs to be set right by Sarah Palin, American born and bred, who WORKED her way through university and went to more than one to find a cheap tuition rate.