WHY NOT A "DREAM ACT" FOR LEGALS? White House budget attacks higher education for working class students

White House budget attacks higher education for working class students

WHILE OBAMA AND THE LA RAZA DEMS ARE ENDLESSLY PUSHING TO EXPAND WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS, ILLEGALS IN OUR JOBS, AND DISCOUNTED TUITION FEES, THIS  PRESIDENT CONTINUES HIS ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS!

THE BANKSTER-OWNED LA RAZA PRESIDENT!

OBAMA’S ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS AS HE HISPANDERS TO EXPAND BENEFITS TO MILLIONS OF ILLEGALS, VIRTUALLY NONE OF WHOM HAVE AN LOYALTY TO THIS NATION AND ARE HERE ONLY TO LOOT.

White House budget attacks higher education for working class students

By Charles Bogle
21 May 2011

In July of 2009, newly elected President Obama spoke in Jackson, Michigan, and declared, “Education is the way forward.”

Apparently, he did not mean for everyone to enjoy this way forward. His administration’s proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2012 will limit access to higher education for countless working class students, while bringing the failed “Race to the Top” model used in K-12 to colleges and universities.

The administration proposes to ax $100 billion from federal higher education funding by restricting access to Pell Grants, government scholarships distributed to low-income students on a need basis. The White House, which has trumpeted the fact that it will maintain the maximum grant award at $5,500, is proposing to change the scholarship rules such that students can receive only one grant a year, as opposed to two.

Pell Grants, which do not have to be repaid, are available to students with family incomes up to $60,000 a year. However, most Pell Grants go to students with family incomes below $30,000 a year.

In its proposed budget, the Obama administration claims that the “second [Pell Grant] payment has cost 10 times more than anticipated and failed to demonstrate a meaningful impact on students’ academic progress.”

This is absurd on its face. Over 9 million needy students—27 percent of higher education enrollees—take advantage of the Pell Grant program every year. At the community college level, where many working class people go to receive a degree, 70 percent of students receive Pell Grants. The argument that their educational prospects will be unaffected by the loss of thousands of dollars of grant money every year is false.

For many working class youth, hopes of earning a post-secondary education will become a thing of the past. Those who are able to somehow cobble together the funds to attend college will increasingly be forced to find as many hours of paid work as they can while trying to complete their studies.

Furthermore, if the Obama administration’s proposed budget passes, working class students able to afford a post-secondary education will find many colleges to be little more than training centers tailored to corporate needs. The White House proposes to introduce the “Race to the Top” (RTTT) competitive funding model, which has been imposed on the country’s kindergarten through high school education system, into colleges and universities.

Initiated in 2009, the RTTT education model grants access to federal funding to those states and institutions that implement right-wing education policies. These policies include standardized testing, merit pay for teachers, and firing teachers whose students do not achieve adequate scores on the tests. Schools that don’t meet these criteria may be closed or turned into privately owned charter schools.

The proposed federal budget’s strategy for forcing this model into higher education is entitled, “A ‘First in the World’ Competition Among Colleges and Universities.” As with the 2009 initiative for kindergarten through high school, the Obama administration’s strategy for “improving” higher education will hasten the process of denying and/or lessening the quality of higher education for working class students.

Chief among the proposed measures is the investment of “$150 million in a new initiative to increase college access and completion and improve educational productivity.” A second effort will “provide $50 million in 2012 and a total of $1.3 billion over five years in performance-based funding to institutions that have demonstrable success in enrolling and graduating more high-need students and enabling them to enter successful employment.”

What underlies both of these initiatives is a shift in federal funding formulas. Historically, money has been disbursed to higher education institutions on the basis of how many students they enroll. Now, the White House proposes to finance colleges and universities on the basis of how many students complete their degrees.

What are the implications of this? First, this will lead to a reduction in the number of lower-level and remedial courses offered at universities and colleges, as these tend to attract many students—in particular, working class layers—who either struggle to improve their skills quickly enough or are unable to finish their education because of socioeconomic pressures. In other words, the number of these students on campuses leads to higher enrollment levels, but not necessarily higher graduation rates.

In forcing colleges and universities to divert funding away from large lower-level and remedial courses towards more advanced classes, the federal government will make it harder for working class students with a weak high school education to get a college degree. There will not be enough slots in lower-level classes, and many will simply not have the skills to take on more advanced coursework. Those who are unable to succeed in the new environment will be labeled as failures and the public schools will be further blamed for not producing “college-ready” students.

Underneath the endless rhetoric from the White House about “improving outcomes” and “rewarding performance” on the country’s college and university campuses is an effort to create an ever-more nakedly class-based system in higher education. A post-high-school degree will increasingly become the purview of the wealthy and those with access to special resources, while the vast majority of working class youth will be shunted into low-wage jobs, having been deemed ill-equipped for higher-level learning.

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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-raza-dems-obama-reid-robert-menendez.html

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DOES IT EVER LEAVE YOU WONDERING WHY  OBAMA PUTS SO MUCH TIME INTO PUSHING THE INTERESTS OF LA RAZA – THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of AMERICA?

SEN. ROBERT MENENDEZ (LA RAZA SUPREMACY PARTY) pushes again for a LA RAZA AMNESTY – HERE’S HOW THEY PLAN TO PERPETRATE THE NEWEST AMNESTY WRITTEN BY ILLEGALS, THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MEXICO AND OBAMA:

(WHAT YOU WON’T HEAR FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED IS THE STAGGERING REAL COST OF ALL THIS “CHEAP” MEXICAN LABOR, OR THE VIOLENCE AN RACISM THAT COMES WITH THE MEX INVADERS!)

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Although sponsors of the bill such as Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) claim the DREAM Act is “not an open-door or free-ride,” the eligibility criteria set forth in the legislation are not as difficult to meet as its proponents claim.  (Las Vegas Review-Journal, May, 11 2011)  Since the illegal alien beneficiaries under the bill are in the U.S. illegally or “undocumented,” there is no way to prove how long they have actually been in the country or how old they were upon entry. 

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MEXICANOCCUPATION.blogspot.com

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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-far-will-obama-sell-us-out-to-la.html

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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2011/05/judicial-watch-most-illegals-receive.html

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THESE FIGURES ON WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARE DATED. IT NOT EXCEEDS $600 MILLION PER YEAR!!! (source: Los Angeles County & JUDICIAL WATCH)

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949085/posts

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La Raza targets lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act

By Kimberly Dvorak

La Raza targets lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act
 

The National Council of La Raza (NCLA) announced it will begin a new ad campaign targeting those lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors) during last year’s lame duck Congressional session.

La Raza (the race in Spanish) launched an online and print ad campaign named “We Will Not Forget.”

The campaign will serve as a reminder to voters that Congress members of both parties voted against the DREAM Act and Latino organizations were watching.

The ads will be running in Spanish-language newspapers in some states as well as select online websites in both English and Spanish.

The big red poster is downloadable and includes the pictures of all lawmakers who did not support illegal aliens’ children’s right to amnesty and qualify them for in-state college tuition. La Raza hopes supporters will download the poster and put it on their refrigerator to serve as a daily reminder.

“As we move into the new Congress and work toward advancing important legislation for our community, it’s crucial not to forget what happened in the lame duck session of 2010,” said Laura Vazquez of La Raza. “The ‘DREAM Act’ was an important measure of support for our community and we need to remember who stood with us and who turned their backs on us.”

To view the ad; http://www.nclr.org/images/uploads/pages/DREAMAdEng.pdf

For more stories; http://www.examiner.com/county-political-buzz-in-san-diego/kimberly-dvorak

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Pro-Amnesty Lawmakers Reintroduce Failed DREAM Act

Pro-amnesty lawmakers reintroduced the DREAM Act in both the House and Senate last Wednesday. (ABC News Tucson, May 11, 2011) Like their predecessors, S. 952 and H.R. 1842 grant amnesty to the roughly two million illegal aliens who entered the country and meet certain educational or military requirements, authorize in-state tuition to illegal aliens, and provide illegal aliens access to federal financial aid for colleges and universities.

The Senate version of the DREAM Act grants amnesty by initially conferring a six-year conditional legal permanent residency (green card status) upon an illegal alien if he/she meets the following requirements (§§ 3-4):

• Has been in the U.S. more than five years prior to the date of enactment (§3(b)(1)(A));
• Was 15 years old or younger when they entered the U.S. (§3(b)(1)(B));
• Has been a person of good moral character since the date of entry into the U.S. (§3(b)(1)(C));
• Has not been convicted of a felony, imprisoned for an aggregate of 90-days, and is not otherwise inadmissible under certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (§3(b)(1)(D));
• Has been admitted to an institution of higher education OR obtained a high school diploma or general education development certificate (GED) (§3(b)(1)(E)); and
• Is 35 years old or younger on the date of enactment (§3(b)(1)(F)).  

To have the conditional status removed and become a legal permanent resident, the alien must also complete at least two years at an institute of higher education in the U.S. or serve in the military for at least two years. (§5) In addition, the Senate bill provides that Homeland Security may not remove aliens who have a pending application under the bill and appear to meet its requirements, and shall stay the removal proceedings for aliens who meet the above listed requirements (except for admission to an institution of higher learning or attainment of a high school diploma or GED), are at least five years-old, and are enrolled in a primary or secondary school.  (§3(e))

Although sponsors of the bill such as Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) claim the DREAM Act is “not an open-door or free-ride,” the eligibility criteria set forth in the legislation are not as difficult to meet as its proponents claim.  (Las Vegas Review-Journal, May, 11 2011)  Since the illegal alien beneficiaries under the bill are in the U.S. illegally or “undocumented,” there is no way to prove how long they have actually been in the country or how old they were upon entry.  Furthermore, an illegal alien never has to actually complete a higher educational degree, but rather only two years at an “institute of higher education,” which includes community college and vocational schools. (See FAIR Website on DREAM Act, May 13, 2011; see also Ten Things You Need to Know About the DREAM Act) These requirements may be waived or extended by the Secretary of Homeland Security.  (§§ 3(b)(2), 5(a))

Senate Democrats have already suggested they will use E-Verify, the federal online employment eligibility verification program, as a bargaining chip in getting the DREAM Act passed.  Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) commented, “Maybe that would be an opportunity to do something on this.” (CQ Today, May 11, 2011) House Judiciary Chairman Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), however, continues to stand firm in opposition to the amnesty legislation: “It is pointless to talk about any new immigration proposal that grants amnesty since the border is not secure and our immigration laws are not fully enforced,” he said. (Id.)

The DREAM Act failed last legislative session when the Senate voted down the House version of the bill, H.R.5281.  (See Roll Call Vote 278; See also  FAIR’s Legislative Update Dec. 20, 2010)  Stay tuned to FAIR for continuing updates on the DREAM Act…. 

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REID HAS LONG PUSHED FOR THE LA RAZA SUPREMACY AGENDA IN NEVADA, AND THE REST OF THE U.S.

HARRY REID PUTS MONEY IN LA RAZA’S DIRTY HANDS!

25% OF THE POPULATION OF REID’S STATE ARE ILLEGALS.

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New Stealth Federal Funding Bill for La Raza

Which brings us to an extraordinary matter of some urgency. Several weeks before the White House and its Senate allies announced their big "breakthrough" legislation (S.1348), radicals in the House quietly introduced legislation to pump $5 million directly into La Raza next year — and $10 million per year for "each fiscal year thereafter."