Allowing illegal immigrants to enroll in post-secondary institutions at in-state cost is unjust, illegal, and unsustainable.
Pundits from across the country have already condemned the unjust nature of allowing legal residents to have to compete with another community taking the advantages of citizenship without having earned the status.
The legality of permitting unofficially amnesty to illegal immigration makes a mockery of the basic tenet of a free society: secure borders for those living in this country, seeking a nation whose the laws and territorial integrity is respected.
The unsustainability of the argument has not been touched on as much, except in New Jersey, where then-candidate Chris Christie made the emotionally-neutral, yet economically conservative argument against in-state tuition for illegals.
State universities are funded in part by tax-payer dollars. Illegal immigrants do not pay income taxes to the state; therefore, they are not assisting in the subsidy of the state's university system. Therefore, they are not entitled to in-state tuition.
Economic limitations are not a heartless admission, but a confirmed understanding that in order for any state to do well by its citizens, it must be able to pay for as well as provide necessary services.
Governor Christie commands a lot of respect, not just for the cogent arguments he makes on behalf of conservative values, but for avoiding the shrill rhetoric and race-baiting that has heightened this issue beyond reasonable discussion. If more Republicans would speak to the economic realities that undermine feel-good liberal policies, they could make a better case to inquiring independents and minority voters who still dimly view the GOP as the KKK without the hoods.
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