Immigrant from Peru and Connecticut state Rep. Felipe Reinoso (D-Bridgeport) has introduced a bill that would let illegal aliens pay the in-state discounted rate for college educations in that state. Because college discounts and slots are a finite resource, this would have the impact of allowing illegal aliens to take those discounts and slots from U.S. citizens.

Their Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) is pushing a limited bill that would only cover community colleges, explicitly doing so as part of an incremental plan to cover all types of colleges.

Republican government Jodi Rell vetoed similar attempts last year.

[Looney says:] "It seemed to me that having the bill last year be vetoed, doing something that would be somewhat more incremental is a way to renew the debate on a more limited scale... ...I think the issue is still one of merit... These are, in fact, Connecticut's children, and many times these are children who all of their living memory is of life in Connecticut." Looney said he expected some people would oppose the bill and "demagogue on this issue," but he said he hoped there would be a practical way to find a solution for Connecticut students.

It would be great if those in CT could go to public appearances by Looney and Reinoso and focus in on the fact that their bills would harm U.S. citizens by letting foreign citizens who are here illegally take college discounts from them. Ask them what they would say to a U.S. citizen who can't go to college because of their bills, get their response on tape, and upload it to video sharing sites. The goal is to discredit them as greatly as possible and have an impact on their political careers.