A threat? January 18, 2008
Posted by iamashadow in Immigration, college, dehumanization, human rights, illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, personal, politics, school, thoughts, undocumented student.trackback
As the anti-immigrant forces continue on their march towards kicking everyone out, I saw this article that exemplifies their thinking. Some Virginia colleges allow undocumented immigrants to go to college. They pay out of state tuition. They do not even get federal aid or scholarships. Yet the government even wants to take the opportunity to go to school away? Why?
Now, I have to ask. Are college students threats? I mean, come on. College students! Those guys are as American as anyone else. Anyone who is able to get into a US college has to be smart enough to attend and be Americanized. What else can any ask for. These guys are trying to get ahead in life. This is their home. This is where they are going to stay. This is where they are going to get a job and be taxed as professionals. And yet they are not good enough to stay? And no! They are not stealing anyone’s seat on any college. If any immigrant has been accepted to any college, it was because they were good enough to be accepted and not for any other reason. It goes with the kind of thinking that colleges have, to have the best and brightest. So why not let them shine bright? Why hunt them? Yes, go after the criminals, rapists, drunken drivers and the drug dealers but come on, leave the ones who want to improve the country that they call home. What is there to gain from making their lives a living hell?
If they are here LEGALLY I don’t see a problem.
However undocumented usually means ILLEGAL and that means you broke the law by being here go to the back of the line and come here the Legal way, the school will still be here when you return.
Back of the line? Do you realize that there is no line? And you do realize that people who are accepted into colleges had no choice in coming here in the first place. Some of them come when they are 10 or less, some of them being just a couple of months old when they got here. And you are asking them to go to some foreign country to prove that they are American? They shouldn’t have to do that. What is the legal way?
What is the legal way?
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An immigrant is a foreign national who has been granted the privilege of living and working permanently in the United States. You must go through a multi-step process to become an immigrant. In most cases, USCIS must first approve an immigrant petition for you, usually filed by an employer or relative. Then, an immigrant visa number must be available to you, even if you are already in the United States. After that, if you are already in the United States, you may apply to adjust to permanent resident status (If you are outside the United States, you will be notified to go to the local U.S. consulate to complete the processing for an immigrant visa.
Well, most immigrants students didn’t even have the choice to come or stay. The process takes a long time as well. And the students don’t have a way of becoming legal, the majority of time they don’t meet the residence requirements even if they are as American as anyone else. Here is something from another post too.
• It is not a matter of “butting in line.” There is no line for them to get in! In 2005, the U.S. government gave out only 5,000 permanent legal resident visas for low-skilled workers.
• Even people married to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents sometimes have to wait years to join their spouses. This is a different situation from the one our grandparents faced.
• Today it is nearly impossible for most people who don’t have relatives here or specialized skills to come at all.