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Ben, your article is total bollocks. Illegal immigrants do not get any special privileges which citizens don't get. To say otherwise is at best uninformed and (more likely) at worst racist. Let's review the rubbish article you posted.
The first claim is that most Mexicans get affirmative action which is false. Most affirmative action programs were ended in the 90's and in California (the state which had the most affirmative action programs) nearly all of them have been phased out in favor of extra help based upon income; meaning schools in poor areas will get additional funds based not upon race but based upon how poor the students attending that school are. It is race neutral. Colleges in this state cannot legally lower standards for one race in order to get more students of a certain race. The one area we do still see affirmative action is very limited in scope and in time; minority owned businesses can receive a 5% bonus to bidding on government contracts but that is pretty small and that bonus is limited to 5 or 10 years depending upon the exact classification (in order to last the whole ten years you must be a disabled military vet with a service related injury).
The next garbage claim is that illegals get treated differently from citizens to get into the University of California or the California State University systems. The reality is this is entirely based upon state residency and any person who has lived in the state for 5 years (and can document it with tax returns using either a social security number or an individual taxpayer ID) is entitled to instate tuition. Citizen or noncitizen are treated the same and being a resident of the state of California is what entitles people to get instate tuition charges.
There are no tax breaks allowed for illegal aliens in our current law. In fact they are required to prove they don't owe taxes so the reality is they have a higher bar to jump over compared to citizens. I'm just not seeing any special privileges here and show a bill which has zero chance of becoming law doesn't cut it, Ben.
Next we have the claim that illegals get away with breaking the law while citizens don't. Again this is false. Local police choose not to enforce dozens of laws (from marijuana possession, to running stop signs, and yes even asking for proof of legal residency) based entirely upon how local officials prioritize crimes. With over crowded prisons and local officials under court orders to release people due to over crowding the local officials have decided to concentrate resources on violent offenders and instead to over look some nonviolent crimes. If anything citizens get more breaks then illegals simply because there are more citizens then illegals by a 30:1.2 margin. Still not seeing the special privileges you've claimed.
Forging documents is a crime which is punished. Illegals don't get a free pass though this receives a lower priority from officials who are stretched thin. The claims made in the article are 1) a total lie about what the proposed bill says and 2) deliberately over looks that a proposed bill isn't law and that the author is claiming that illegals currently enjoy privileges citizens don't. That's simply a lie as most honest people will free admit.
The rest of the article degenerates into a stupid political rant which has nothing to do with the debate at hand. Suffice it to say that even a moderately educated person can see that article as a transparent pack of lies. None of it adds up under even modest scrutiny.
The first claim is that most Mexicans get affirmative action which is false. Most affirmative action programs were ended in the 90's and in California (the state which had the most affirmative action programs) nearly all of them have been phased out in favor of extra help based upon income; meaning schools in poor areas will get additional funds based not upon race but based upon how poor the students attending that school are. It is race neutral. Colleges in this state cannot legally lower standards for one race in order to get more students of a certain race. The one area we do still see affirmative action is very limited in scope and in time; minority owned businesses can receive a 5% bonus to bidding on government contracts but that is pretty small and that bonus is limited to 5 or 10 years depending upon the exact classification (in order to last the whole ten years you must be a disabled military vet with a service related injury).
The next garbage claim is that illegals get treated differently from citizens to get into the University of California or the California State University systems. The reality is this is entirely based upon state residency and any person who has lived in the state for 5 years (and can document it with tax returns using either a social security number or an individual taxpayer ID) is entitled to instate tuition. Citizen or noncitizen are treated the same and being a resident of the state of California is what entitles people to get instate tuition charges.
There are no tax breaks allowed for illegal aliens in our current law. In fact they are required to prove they don't owe taxes so the reality is they have a higher bar to jump over compared to citizens. I'm just not seeing any special privileges here and show a bill which has zero chance of becoming law doesn't cut it, Ben.
Next we have the claim that illegals get away with breaking the law while citizens don't. Again this is false. Local police choose not to enforce dozens of laws (from marijuana possession, to running stop signs, and yes even asking for proof of legal residency) based entirely upon how local officials prioritize crimes. With over crowded prisons and local officials under court orders to release people due to over crowding the local officials have decided to concentrate resources on violent offenders and instead to over look some nonviolent crimes. If anything citizens get more breaks then illegals simply because there are more citizens then illegals by a 30:1.2 margin. Still not seeing the special privileges you've claimed.
Forging documents is a crime which is punished. Illegals don't get a free pass though this receives a lower priority from officials who are stretched thin. The claims made in the article are 1) a total lie about what the proposed bill says and 2) deliberately over looks that a proposed bill isn't law and that the author is claiming that illegals currently enjoy privileges citizens don't. That's simply a lie as most honest people will free admit.
The rest of the article degenerates into a stupid political rant which has nothing to do with the debate at hand. Suffice it to say that even a moderately educated person can see that article as a transparent pack of lies. None of it adds up under even modest scrutiny.
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