http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#31574 Where was this free college education when I could have used it. Where is this free medical that millions of TAX payers could use.... 31574@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#22143 Readers beware! Some of the comments here demonstrate a clear lack of understanding of the provisions of this bill. I invite you to read it for yourself and not judge it based on comments from some discriminatory nativist propaganda campaign. I'm sure that once you become familiar with what this bill aims to do you will be convinced that it is in line with the principles of this country and that it will benefit both taxpayers and America in general for many years to come.... 22143@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21874 Brian, the U.S. immigration system is deeply flawed. There are two major ways to come to this country legally, marriage or work. Both ways have severe visa backlogs stretching back several years. Ask yourself, as a husband would you be willing to stay apart from your wife for 10+ years because the govt can't get its act together. The deep backlogs and the inability of the govt. to streamline the process is a significant contributor to illegal immigration. I encourage you to immigrate to another country and see how the process works before you judge these children who are here due to no fault of their own. And if we start punishing children for the sins of their parents, then we've taken a giant step back from a moral and Christian nation.... 21874@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21715 Joan, your argument is completely wrong. Because of this act the middle class pays LESS taxes because we'd be getting more taxpayers. Every one of those people CONTRIBUTE an average of $9000 a year according to a RAND study. I don't know where these misconceptions are coming from but this act doesn't cost any of us a dime because the DHS budget already funds the processing of these applications. Economically speaking this is an absolute no brainer. I just wish this country's ridiculous current immigration system was more like this Act. And BTW, these people already speak English, they grew up here, that's the whole point. We're not talking here about those flag waving illegals that march on our streets, we're talking about kids that have been here longer than most of the green card holders and many citizens.... 21715@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21717 I'm not the only one in this situation, there are some that are even brighter than me... valedictorians, top ten students, etc. But we all face the same obstacle. PLEASE let us persue our dreams. Call your senators and urge them to vote YES on the Dream Act. This isn't about race, this is about the Real American Dream. Thank you.... 21717@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21718 I would be one of the thousands to benefit from this. During my whole High School career, I made the best grades, I went from a remedial English class to an Advanced Placement class in those four years... I took the AP test and passed, thus gaining college credit. I obatained close to 40 hours in college credit from High School, but my path was abrubtly cut when I graduated from H.S. It's been two years since I left HS, and I can't even enroll in a Comunity College paying out of state tuition.... 21718@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21719 The Dream Act will provide the U.S. with a vast quantity of qualified professionals and many more that would be willing to serve in the military. The Dream Act would only benefit those who trully have the drive to persue their dreams.... 21719@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21721 Sarah, just so you know, the Dream Act does NOT provide In State tuition. A recent change erased that part and set an age limit of 30 years old.... 21721@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21631 REading the comments of most here who say let them all come in..only costs a couple extra dollars - no hardship for us. Looks like these citizens need educated on the real losers - it's the middle class who will pay the higher taxes and stuggle on their salaries to put their children through school and save something for their retirement years. Ignorance of the long term effects of millions of aliens who don't bother to learn our language, keep our laws, and demand the rights of citizenship is rampant here. In the long or short run, America will cease to be what our forebears worked and struggled to make it. Any nation will crumble without borders and enforceable laws. No way are US citizens responsible for the mistakes made by parents who came here by breaking our laws.... 21631@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21611 Someone please explain to me why illegal immigration should be encouraged, I cannot for the life of me understand why there is so much blind support from so many Americans for skirting our immigration laws and ignoring an honest and honorable path to citizenship! Will those of you on the far left please explain to me what is so inherently wrong with LEGAL immigration?!... 21611@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21416 A RAND study in '99 showed that legalizing the people covered by this act yields a $9000 per person annual benefit to this country as opposed to the $3000 cost that illegals do now. Based on that I say this piece of legislation is certainly worthwhile and should absolutely be passed.... 21416@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21350 To educate one child in the Wake County (NC) Public Schools it is approximately $8,900 per year. Our schools are overloaded and we must build more due to illegal aliens. Show me ONE illegal alien family that pays this amount in federal, state and local taxes? Who then pays the difference? We do. Multiply this number by the number of illegal alien kids or anchor babies that will soon be show as just another illegal alien. Congress (both Democrat and Republican) and all presidents for decades have been breaking this country financially. We are up to debt past our eyeballs. Our federal debt is $8.3 TRILLION DOLLARS! Communist Red China owns $560 BILLION dollars of our IOUs and still has $1.3 TRILLION dollars, cash, in the bank. They are building their first navy in over 500 years and they... 21350@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21313 The system in this country is SO flawed that as a U.S. CITIZEN I can NOT fix my husband's status. Even hardship waivers are next to impossible to file and NO respect is given to family unity anymore. The Dream Act does NOT hurt any American families. The flawed immigration system hurts MY family.... 21313@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21326 PASS THE DREAM ACT NOW! . . . Enough said. No matter what else i say you wont change your mind. Truth is. YOU DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU EXPERIENCE.... 21326@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#21281 We get more troops, more taxpayers, and fewer people on welfare since they have to be college grads or serve in the military. This seems like a win-win for everyone.... 21281@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#20455 there are so many people with millions of dollars on their hands. i wonder if they care about some few dollars -.- immigrants taking jobs away? hahaha, i believe that it doesn’t matter who takes the job. only matter of "what kind of person" taking the job. i bet Hitler would’ve been praised if he helped poor with his power instead of killing. more illegally? isn’t America made by immigrants? treason? haha, if u cant trust other country, then how can you expect other country to trust America and not hate the America?... 20455@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#20457 here is my friend's story, real one of course: he is devoted Christian who came from poor family. he came to the united states 7 years ago when he was 12 years old. when they came, his parents trust one person who said he can get them the citizenship when my friend paid. he got scammed of course...but he didnt mind. it was his parents mistake, he just said he will do best to get scholarship. he ended of getting 4.1/4.0 in 4 years of high school, perfect attendance, did over five clubs, NHS, even went to national competition in gymnastics! guess how much he got for his scholarship? 0 dollars! currently attending community college and hoping for the new law to pass...he did nothing wrong, he just wanted to study so that later on his life, he can repay his debt to those who helped him. also, he wanted to help the poor because he knows how they feel.... 20457@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#18462 Please help pass the dream act...please please please...... 18462@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#18470 Martha, you must earn a lot more than I do because to me, a "couple of dollar increase" might mean the difference between a roof over my head, and a cardboard box in an alley. To some of us every dollar counts, remember that before you make any more ignorant, bleeding heart liberal comments!!... 18470@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#17160 I personally know a girl(20 years old), who's parents brought her to the U.S. at the age of five. As for many kids, grade school was not taken seriously. In high school she told me she would make straight A's. She did and now she is performing outstanding in college, not only academically, but in social programs. She wants to teach in a grade school. She only knows our wonderful american society. But having no choice as a child, she faces the reality of not having a "country" to go without the Dream Act. What is the right thing to do?... 17160@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#16714 What bothers me is that my children are required to pay out of state tuition where they are in school but if I entered this country illegally, my kids would get a break. Where's the logic?... 16714@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#16669 You think this is about the money? If you don't think that illegal aliens are not hurting the USA take a good look at King Medical Hospital in California. Tell me that millions of illegal aliens (who are not paying for health care) don't have an effect. Ruben got it right. This only encourages more ILLEGALITY. If you really want to state the obvious, less than 2% of children of illegal aliens go to college because they are looking for a quick buck. They are not looking for longterm greater good of America or its citizens. The greater impact is how many more future law breakers will be moving into your neighborhood. How many more students will be in class with your children taking up valuable class time from your kids. Why is it our responsibility to make up for parent's mistakes? Why not just put their kids all in boarding school?? Hay, wake up. Is your freedom really for sale for "a couple dollar increase"??... 16669@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#16358 I dont know how you can not support this bill. Wah wah...our taxes blah blah taking away spots. What is this cold heartedness? I am completely against illegal immigration, but I am not against letting kids who had their life ruin by the mistakes of thier parents have a chance.... 16358@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#16359 To those who complain about this bill, you should know that almost half of the people who go to college drop out, so if a couple of those people are replaced does it really matter? It not hurting you kids chances. And if it was for some reason tell your kids to work harder. They are to be the best and brightest and to say that these kids are taking away their chance means your kids are slacking.... 16359@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_774.html#16360 Taxes...you think a couple of dollar increase is going to hurt you that much. You would rather watch peoples lives be ruin just so you can save an extra bucks?...I will end it there.... 16360@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT