IN-STATE TUITON FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS MAKES ITS WAY TO THE MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES. HEARING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1PM, HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
THE HOUSE IS GOING TO DEBATE THE SENATE BILL SB 167 WHICH WAS AMENDED AND THEN PASSED BY THE MARYLAND SENATE EARLIER THIS MONTH. WHILE THE SUPPORTERS SAY THE BILL IS TOUGHER ON THE ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS IN TERMS OF QUALIFYING FOR IN-STATE BY PROVING TAXES PAID AND A TWO-YEAR REQUIREMENT TO ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FIRST, AT THE END OF THE DAY ITS STILL IN-STATE TUITION FOR LAWBREAKING ILLEGAL ALIENS!
ITS A MAGNET FOR A CONTINUED & UNWANTED FLOW OF LAWBREAKING ILLEGALS TO OUR STATE AND IT WILL FORCE MANY OF OUR CITIZEN CHILDREN TO ATTEND COLLEGES OUT OF STATE. THE COSTS TO THE TAXPAYERS ARE VERY MUCH UNDERSTATED AND UNAFFORDABLE AT A TIME OF GROWING STATE AND COUNTY BUDGET DEFICITS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND FRIGHTENING LEVELS OF HOME FORECLOSURES (ESPECIALLY PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY)
AS IS HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE IN-STATE TUITION IS ALREADY PROVIDED TO HISPANIC ILLEGAL ALIENS, STATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW PUSHING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE THESE POOR ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS FULL SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID.
HOW LONG DO YOU THING ITS GOING TO BE BEFORE STATE SENATOR VICTOR RAMERIZ (D-PG COUNTY) AND STATE DELEGATE ANNA SOL GUTIERREZ (D-MONTGOMERY COUNTY) WILL COME CRYING TO ANNAPOLIS DEMANDING FULL SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID FOR MARYLAND'S POOR HISPANIC ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS??
THE SAME ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS WHO CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND MARYLAND COLLEGES NOW BY SIMPLY SAVING THEIR MONEY AND PAYING THE HIGHER OUT OF STATE RATE CHARGED AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM OTHER STATES. DON'T FORGET, ONCE THESE ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM A MARYLAND COLLEGE, ITS STILL AGAINST THE LAW FOR THEM TO WORK, VOTE OR OBTAIN A DRIVERS' LICENSE.
MOREOVER, THE BILL HAS NO EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS TO STOP THE MASSIVE WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IF IT PASSES. REMIND ME AGAIN WHY WE WANT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TAXPAYER SUBIDIZED IN-STATE TUITION?
TIME TO ACT!
FIRST LETS CONTACT ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TELL THEM TO REMOVE SB 167 FROM CONSIDERATION LEGISLATIVE THIS SESSION.
AND DON'T FORGET TO REMIND COMMITTEE CHAIR SHEILA HIXON (D-MONTGOMERY COUNTY) ABOUT THE MASSIVE DEFEAT SHE SUFFERED BY SUPPORTING AMBULANCE FEES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THAT ISSUE WENT TO VOTER REFERENDUM AND WAS DEFEATED BY THE CITIZENS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SHEILA IS STILL LICKING HER WOUNDS. TELL SHEILA THAT IN-STATE TUITION WILL GO TO STATE-WIDE REFERENDUM IF IT PASSES AND SHE WILL BE ON THE LOSING SIDE AGAIN. CAN HIXON'S CAREER HANDLE ANOTHER POTENTIAL MAJOR PUBLIC SLAPDOWN?
Ways and Means Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/hse.html
I WILL BE TESTIFYING BEFORE THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON WEDS MARCH 30. PLEASE JOIN ME AND DOZENS OF OTHER HSM MEMBERS AS WE EDUCATE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON WHY IN-STATE TUITION FOR ILLEGAL ALIEN STUDENTS IS FINANCIALLY AND MORALLY WRONG.
If you wish to testify, please arrive at the Committee room BEFORE 12 noon and sign in OPPOSED to SB 167. If you have written testimony, please submit 35 copies to the committee staff by 12:00 Noon for distribution prior to the hearing; after 12:00 Noon, please submit at the time you testify.
You can just read a statement or talk off the cuff if you like and not hand in testimony. Make sure you mention your County when you speak so the Delegates know how wide-spread opposition is to In-State Tuition.
THE USUAL HSM RULES APPLY. PARK AT THE STADIUM AND TROLLY OVER; BRING ID; DRESS FOR SUCCESS; BRING A DRINK/SNACK. MINGLE ONLY WITH FELLOW SUPPORTERS. LOOK FOR OUR RED "NO CASA OF MARYLAND STICKERS"
-- BRAD BOTWIN, DIRECTOR HSM, 240-447-1884
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