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Monday, October 15, 2007
Phyllis Schlafly :: Townhall.com Columnist
Time to Bring an End to the DREAM Act
by Phyllis Schlafly
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Giving in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants is so unpopular with many Americans that the only way a Congressman could support this bill is by hoping it passes before the public discovers how bad it is. Arizona's Proposition 300, which specifically bars Arizona universities from giving in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants, passed in 2006 with a majority of 71.4 percent.

Support for in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants was the No. 1 issue that caused the upset defeat of former U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne, R-Neb. (the former University of Nebraska football coach) in his campaign for governor of Nebraska in 2006. He fumbled and endorsed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants while his opponent, Republican Gov. Dave Heineman, vetoed it and ran campaign ads against it.

The DREAM Act would give amnesty not only to illegal immigrants, but also give amnesty to 10 states that have been flagrantly violating federal law. The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act expressly forbids a state to give in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants unless that subsidy is also granted to all U.S. citizens nationwide.

The DREAM Act would retroactively repeal that law, thereby saving the 10 states from punishment and equal-protection lawsuits filed by out-of-state U.S. citizens and law-abiding foreign students. The 10 states that have been engaging in a 21st century use of the 19th century theory called nullification, defying a federal law the state doesn't like, are California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Washington.

We are indebted to professor Kris W. Kobach of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for publicizing how the DREAM Act treats illegal immigrants more favorably than U.S. citizens and legal aliens. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has not been successful in attaching it to a defense authorization bill, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says he will bring it up in November.

Tell your U.S. senators the DREAM Act must be defeated.
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Phyllis Schlafly is a national leader of the pro-family movement, a nationally syndicated columnist and author of Feminist Fantasies.
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 20, 2007 - 2:10 PM EST
Punishment?
Sending the illegals back home isn't a punishment. Millions of bright, hard working, able bodied people willing to do any job just to get ahead is the prescription for a new golden age south of the border. New millionaires will be sprouting up like weed.. er ... mushrooms ... uh, well, you get the idea. The new Mexican prosperity engendered by their return will rival the Aztecs. Sending them home is an opportunity that should not be denied them. Rather we should encourage it in the strongest tough love fashion Uncle Sam can muster.
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Reply # 2
Date: Oct 17, 2007 - 9:01 PM EST
Not All of Congress Crooked
Certainly most of it though. Rep. Tom Tancredo,Duncan Hunter, Steve King are three that are real conservatives that take their oath of office seriously. As long as the republican party, I mean the party of big business and cheap labor puts up candidates like Rudy,Romney, McCain, Fred, we are doomed. The sell out started with W and is accelerating. NAFTA, SPP, NAU, Amero, CAFTA. Rest in Peace, U.S.A.

If you are not content with the U.S. demise, then support ToM Tancredo for president. Otherwise, learn Spanish and get ready for socialism.
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