Sen. Hanger--raising taxes on citizens to pay for illegals
The senator told a nice story at the SWAC Breakfast at ROWE'S, but........
Originally posted by "In-Politically Correct"
I have one question for Senator Hanger--just who are you representing? Obviously not the voters in the 24th. Here's a prime example: SB 1204. On the surface it looks innocuous enough, saying that in-state tuition is prohibited for illegal immigrants. But when reading further you notice these caveats:"any person shall be eligible for in-state tuition who: (i) hasresided in Virginia while attending high school; (ii) has graduated from apublic or private high school in Virginia or has received a General EducationDevelopment (GED) certificate in Virginia; (iii) has resided in the Commonwealthfor at least three years on the date of high school graduation;(iv) has registered in an institution of higher education; (v) has provided an affidavitstating that he has filed an application to become a permanent resident of theUnited States and is actively pursuing such permanent residency or will do so assoon as he is eligible; and (vi) has submitted evidence that he or, in the caseof a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing inloco parentis, filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returnsfor at least three years prior to the date of enrollment."I notice that he puts in the bit about requiring them to pay state taxes for three years. But that won't even come close to covering the costs of a four year education. Illegal immigrants should not be rewarded financially for their illegal status. Illegal immigrants are openly breaking the law. They have no regard for the rules that govern our country. So why does Hanger want to reward them?Thankfully the House had enough sense to delete most of this nonsense. The bill as it stands now reads:"An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, and thereforeineligible to establish domicile pursuant to § 23-7.4,shall not be eligible on the basis of residency within Virginia for anypostsecondary educational benefit, including in-state tuition, unless citizensor nationals of the United States are eligible for such benefits in no less anamount, duration, and scope, without regard to whether such citizens ornationals are Virginia residents."Hey Senator, I thought we had a transportation crisis--isn't that why you consistently vote to raise our taxes? Tell you what--let's save some money by NOT rewarding illegal behavior and put it towards this so-called crisis.