Sunday, August 7, 2011

Undocumented Immigrants Get More Than Just Tuition Breaks

An article in the Journal News with the title, Undocumented Immigrants Getting Tuition Breaks, caught our attention. This is the very type of issue and wrong-sided position that is part of what’s wrong with our current crop of legislators and media. This issue can be morphed into a Town of Greenburgh issue. Maryland, Illinois and Connecticut are all poised to allow illegal immigrants, undocumented workers, aliens, etc., the ability to go to school, as are Oregon and Rhode Island. While the need for an education is paramount to all, it should be to all in New York and the United States if they are legal, tax paying residents.

Victor Rojas, 16 years old, of Greenburgh, was recently arrested for hosting an underage drinking and drug-use party in Greenburgh. Police arrested Rojas and charged him with underage drinking, hosting a party with alcohol, assault of a police officer and more. One young girl was found by police passed out on the floor. Rojas’ parents were also charged. Interestingly, he gave his address as 21 McKinnley Street in White Plains. The other crime here, beyond the drugs and alcohol usage is that he and his family were scamming the White Plains School District using his aunt’s address in White Plains as his permanent address when it really wasn’t his address and attending the White Plains schools instead of the Greenburgh schools. His mother would drive him to and from school daily. The crime? Falsely attending one school district’s school while living outside the district and financially defrauding them by attending their school.

Many would say it’s no big deal. But it is. These same people would say the undocumented immigrants vis-รก-vie illegal aliens, need an education too. In fact they’re entitled to it. While that’s debatable, who pays for it is not up for debate, so in fact, they are not entitled. The taxes to fund our school systems are paid by taxpaying property owners – nobody else. The school taxes are paid by legal citizens. If immigrants are legal and property owners, who followed our rules and regulations about being here, they have a say in the issue. As such, these are the people that should be making these decisions, not some vote-hungry politician who knows if it’s presented in their liberal state, not enough people will rise up and vote against it.

We’ve seen an increase in the Hispanic population in Westchester County based on the governments census reports. If the increased Hispanic immigrants are here legally, we welcome them. If they are not here legally, they should be arrested and deported quickly as soon as they are discovered and the system can process them. While we respect every immigrant group’s heritage, we also ask that they assimilate into our culture while we respect theirs. America is no longer the melting pot we used to be. We’ve got community leaders pushing individualism. We have politicians pushing class warfare and we have illegals invading our borders (and its not just the Hispanics). So what do the politicians do? They slap every legal immigrant who came here legally in the face and force the taxpayers to pay more while the illegals get a free ride!

Politicians, as Paul Feiner has done, create sanctuary communities. Such is the case with the Town of Greenburgh, with The Paul telling it’s employees to turn and look away regarding overcrowded housing, unsafe occupancy and other blatantly illegal acts. Now our congressional representatives are seeking to reintroduce the previously killed DREAM Act, basically allowing amnesty to those illegals already here. The number bandied about is roughly 12 million illegal aliens in the US, concentrating in the metropolitan areas. They prove there is safety in numbers. “Undocumented worker” is just a politically correct term for illegal aliens. As a rule, we will not use undocumented worker as it reduces the severity of their actions.

Times are especially tight for Greenburgh’s tax-paying residents now. Instead of politicians trying to see how they can get another vote with a backdoor purchase, perhaps they should focus on Economics 101. We need to develop jobs in New York and Westchester. We need to reduce taxes, some regulations that hinder business and become competitive again. Lets stop pandering to special interests and focus on whats good for all residents. We need politicians who will look to cut spending instead of increasing it. Unfortunately, ABG believes things will have to get worse before they get better. Let’s pray we can at least maintain what we have.

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