Former Arkansas state representative Joyce Elliott - after November a state Senator - has signaled that she'll re-introduce legislation to give in-state tuition to illegal aliens. This will have the impact of taking college educations from U.S. citizens, and I urge everyone in that state to work to discredit her.
Elliot was the author of a previous bill, one supported by Mike Huckabee; the mainstream media frequently lied about the details of what he supported.
Current Arkansas governor Mike Beebe says her plan won't work due to federal laws providing that any such offer given to an illegal alien must also be given to a U.S. citizen. She's relying on attempts in other states to evade the spirit of that law.
What she doesn't know is how incredibly vulnerable she is on this issue. If anyone in AR wants to do a public service, go to one of her appearances, ask her tough questions about this issue, and then upload her response to video sharing sites. For instance, ask Joyce Elliot this question.
Tysen Kendig (associate vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville), University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Paul Beran, and Tom Courtway, interim president of the University of Central Arkansas didn't want to comment on Joyce's proposed bill.
However, Robert Potts - chancellor of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro - says that, speaking only as a private citizen, he supports her efforts.
And, there's this ironic note:
Lawrence Davis, chancellor of the predominantly black University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, compared the current plight of undocumented Hispanics to the plight of black students in the South before integration.
What he's actually supporting is taking college educations from poorer, largely black U.S. citizens in order to give them to poorer citizens who are here illegally and who should be supported by their own governments. Someone should make that point to him publicly.
Immigration2008a · Wed, 10/08/2008 - 12:45 · Importance: 1
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