America

My Friend Posted this:

"I received this email via a forward from my dad. It is concerning illegal immigration and financial aid benefits for immigrants wanting to study in an American university. I wanted to share the e-mail as well as my reply with the Scroggles community!

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This is a subject close to my heart. Do you know that
we have adult students at the school where I teach who are not US citizens and
who get the PELL grant, which is a federal grant (no pay back required) plus
other federal grants to go to school?



One student from the Dominican Republic told me that she didn't want me to find a job for her after she finished my program, because she was getting housing from our housing department and she was getting a PELL grant which paid for her total tuition and books, plus money leftover. She was looking into WAIT which gives students a CREDIT CARD for gas to come to school, and into CARIBE which is a special program (check it out - I did) for immigrants and it pays for child care and all sorts of needs while they go to school or training. The one student I just mentioned told me she was not going to be a US Citizen because she plans to return to the Dominican Republic someday and that she 'loves HER country.'

I asked her if she felt guilty taking what the US is giving her and then not even bothering to become a citizen and she told me that it doesn't bother her, because that is what the money is there for!

I asked the CARIBE administration about their program and if you ARE a US Citizen, you don't qualify for their program. And all the while, I am working a full day, my son-in-law works more than 60 hours a week, and everyone in my family works and pays for our education.

Something is wrong here. I am sorry but after hearing they want to sing the National Anthem in Spanish - enough is enough. Nowhere did they sing it in Italian, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German or any other language because of immigration. It was written by Francis Scott Key and should be sung word for word the way it was written. The news broadcasts even gave the translation –not even close. Sorry if this offends anyone but this is MY COUNTRY.

IF THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP -- please pass this along. I am not against immigration --just come through like everyone else. Get a sponsor; have a place to lay your head; have a job; pay your taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all other immigrants have in the past -- and GOD BLESS AMERICA!

PART OF THE PROBLEM, Think about this: If you don't want to forward this for
fear of offending someone -- YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM! It is Time for America to Speak up If you agree --pass this along, if you don't agree --delete it!

I am absolutely NOT afraid to pass this on. Something needs to be done about this we have waited too long already. This would NEVER have happened in the sixties we have allowed politicians way too much leverage.





Here is his response:

i'm not afraid to offend anyone: this is just idiocy. america is not my country. i belong to a greater kingdom than this. the head of my kingdom came and gave his life for me. he gave a hand to the poor, degenerate and broken hearted, and he told me to do the same.

conservative America has taught us to be jerk-offs that don't care anything about anyone else. We only care about making things convenient for ourselves. think for a second if you lived in a country where you were poor and were always going to be poor. but what if you had a way out. an opportunity to make a better life for yourself. would you not take it, if for no other reason than for the well being of your family? i know plenty of immigrants who are more than likely on financial aid for college...and most of them are far more thankful and work a great deal
harder than my white, middle-class, native, english speaking friends. we are such bastards to think that we deserve better opportunities because of the fact we, by mere chance, ended up being born in the U.S.

i also used to get mad when encountering someone who doesn't speak english here in america. in texas it isn't uncommon to encounter it every day several times a day. however, ask yourself this: if you traveled to a country to try to provide a better life for your family and your loved ones and you couldn't communicate with any of the native citizens would you not be scared out of your damn mind? i don't know that i could do it. it would take some absolute huge balls to be able to persevere through such a hard transition. and do you know what would make it harder? arrogant people who think they didn't have a right to be there.

i agree that it may be a bit cheap that she doesn't want a job to help offset some expenses, but that is the benefits of scholarships and grants. financial aid allows us students more time to spend on academics. She shouldn't however be forced to give up her identity...and that's what you're asking her to do if you're calling for her to be a u.s. citizen."


What do you think?