Admissions policy disregards the law
The following is a Counterpoint column:
By Linda Daves
Regarding the controversy surrounding the policy change allowing illegal immigrants admission into North Carolina community colleges: I am proud to say that all three of the Republican candidates for governor have come out in opposition to the policy change.
According to a Nov. 7 memorandum sent to North Carolina community college presidents and other officers, in order to maintain an "open-door admission policy," community colleges cannot "impose nonacademic requirements on admissions to its programs."
Under such a rule, community colleges could not consider even the criminal background of a potential applicant for fear it would be considered a nonacademic requirement. Lest we forget, that is what illegal immigrants are doing: breaking the law.
Taking admissions spots from North Carolina citizens and giving them to illegal immigrants to maintain an open-door admission policy is based on faulty logic and makes for even worse policy. The open-door admission policy was created in part to guard against ethnic and racial discrimination in admissions. However, this is not a question of race but instead a question of law.
We should not and cannot allow taxpayer dollars to go to financing an educational system that is encouraging people to break the laws of our state and nation. If the Democratic candidates for governor also disagree with this new policy as they claim, then they must pressure Gov. Mike Easley and other Democrat leaders to reverse this decision.
Republicans are ready to do our part to ensure that the laws are followed.
The writer is chairwoman, N.C. Republican Party.
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I like Lancaster remark ILLEGALS pay more than their share of tuition! How does he know who legal and who is ILLEGAL? Could it be he blowing smoke? You right many NC residents can not get into a top school, because of ILLEGALS. If you break into a house you can go to jail. If you break into a country you can go to UNC. Does that seem right to you? This paper seems to think ok. Where I will disagree with LTE writer, neither party is willing to seal the boarders. I am for keeping the spaces in schools for hard working NC citizens, the ones the press and politicians ingore. Except when thet want your vote.
Posted on December 12, 2007 6:02 AM
Don't think you'll get far with Easley. He's the guy who appointed his crony, Erskine Bowles, to be the president of the UNC system. Erskine supports in-state tuition for illegals. That means NC taxpayers will pay AT LEAST $10,000 per year to send an illegal immigrant to school. Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?
Posted on December 12, 2007 11:12 AM
I think it's an excellent idea to punish young people whose parents made the decision to come to this country for them. Let's make sure they can't get better opportunities through higher education. Let's restrict them to nothing but minimum wage jobs. That's how better communities are made.
Posted on December 12, 2007 2:11 PM
Norskar,
I'm sure the local universities will accept your donation of $10,000 per year for each illegal they allow to have in-state tuition.
Should we punish young people whose parents moved to Virginia by charging those folks living on our border an extra $10,000?
Posted on December 12, 2007 3:53 PM