Long Beach Press-Telegram
LB Press- Telegram, Sept. 20 issue, page B11
Not Everyone's Dream
The resurrected Dream Act is a dream all right, but not for the taxpayers footing the bill who are unfairly left out of this pie in the sky.
Yes, some of the immigrants here because of their parents' wayward ideologies are hard working, but what about the citizens they are displacing? What about the depressed wages? This is really a sweeping amnesty for illegal aliens who only have to meet minimal educational requirements.
It would take educational resources and job opportunities away from legal immigrants and citizens. It would give free college education to illegals because low income students get federal taxpayer funded grants. This will provoke more and more people to cross our borders illegally.
Our economy is rapidly declining and the stimulus money will take generations to pay back, so now is not the time to be giving more money away.
And, just because taxpayers do not want to go broke from all those freebies doesn't mean we are racists.
Virginia Johnson
South Gate
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