Poll: Should Illegal Immigrants Get In-State Tuition in Rhode Island?
Weigh in on this hot-button issue.
Hundreds of Rhode Islanders gathered at the State House this week to protest Gov. Lincoln Chafee's backing of a plan that gives undocumented students in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. According to The Providence Journal, Chafee states that the plan, which was voted upon by the Board of Governors for Higher Education last week, will “improve the intellectual and cultural life of our state while strengthening our work force and helping our economy” by helping “more Rhode Islanders to go on to college.” Those who disagree are calling for Chafee to be impeached and blasting him for trying to turn Rhode Island into a "sanctuary" for illegal immigrants, according to an AP report. In that report, Keith Anderson, a teacher at …
Giordano Bruno
9:37 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
There should be immigration reform. It's as simple as a question on a form when EVERY child is registered for school, that is if we have the courage to ask the question. Not in the country legally, then you have no right to be here and the citizens of this country/state certainly have no obligation to provide an education for the children who are also here illegally. (Then deportation proceedings… more ›