Civil rights by any other name?

This in-state tuition question is being looked at differently than most places. They suggest taxpayers should get the tuition break and since illegal immigrants pay taxes (state and federal), they should qualify. DP

by Andy Arnold, DC Immigration Examiner

Should taxpayers be allowed a break on college tuition? That is one spin expected at a hearing on a bill offering undocumented aliens in-state tuition at Maryland community colleges on Tuesday.

Teaching English as a Second Language for a number of years taught me many illegal immigrants want to learn English and they pay both federal and state taxes. The deductions are taken out of their pay checks just like they are taken out of yours. The difference is citizens and legal immigrant taxpayers have rights many of your other neighbors do not.

Yes, in a perfect world, there would be no illegal immigrants. But here in Washington we have plenty of them, they are our neighbors.

As it stands, international taxpayers are asked to pay one fee at Montgomery College and another more expensive fee at Prince George’s Community College and other community colleges around the state based on an attorney general’s ruling several years ago.

Montgomery deserves kudos for standing up for what is right.
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