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A-194, if passed by the legislature and signed by Corzine, will allow illegal immigrants in New Jersey to receive in-state tuition rates at state colleges. The key word here is “illegal.”
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These immigrants, either because they entered the United States illegally or stayed in the U.S. beyond the time or conditions permitted by their student visas/green cards, are now illegally residing in the state of New Jersey. They didn’t follow the rules to come here like your grandparents. They’re not paying their full-share of taxes. They’re not adequately supporting the state’s public resources and services for which they rely to subsist. They have not registered for service in the armed forces or taken the citizenship oath:
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce andabjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate,state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subjector citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws ofthe United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I willbear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; thatI will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the UnitedStates when required by the law; that I will perform work of nationalimportance under civilian direction when required by the law; and thatI take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purposeof evasion; so help me God.”
In-state tuition at New Jersey’s world-class institutions of higher-learning is a privilege reserved for state taxpayers. We support these schools with our hard-earned money and, in turn, can enroll ourselves or our children there at discounted rates.
For the legislature to consider extending this privilege of New Jersey citizenship to individuals of illegal status is an absolute outrage unequaled by any of the other screwy, anti-taxpayer legislation entertained during the ongoing lame duck session.
Click here to read more about the potential cost of A-194. Please — in the next 48 hours, find your state legislator’s contact information by clicking here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp.
