How can we increase the percentage of children of undocumented workers that graduate from college?
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Send them to Mexico, its free there and no language barrier.
1053031
illegal alien's children go to school so they can learn english and help their parents translate when applying for free housing, free healthcare, WIC, oh and forge government documents, etc.
687977
Send them to Africa to work in the cocoa fields instead of those poor children who often do no live to see adulthood. Then the children can hopefully have a real childhood.
1048243
I am sorry are those coming in from  Mexico Illegally the educated ones?\n\nA work shortage will help Americans -it becomes an employee market and not the other way around (employers market which it is now).  Than more benefits would be offered to attract employees. History!
490843
It varies year to year depending on how many illegal immigrants they have to support each year.  Right now it's 8%.
595506
I have come up with a great solution for the migrant workers that need to work in the United States to save their families from starvation and poverty.  Give em some concrete blocks and let em build a wall to keep themselves out.  When they are finished, whomever works all the way to the end is automatically a United States Citizen!
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What about the fact that if illegals are legalized so they can go to school, that due to their poverty and diversity they will be ahead of our own children in getting admission and financing for college?  Even worse is the idea that they should get in state tuition or other discounts ahead of bright citizens.  College is a really tough nut to crack for most parents and I don't think we should make it harder for our own bright children to get into college.  It isn't like we just can't fill the college spaces with bright kids, or like we have excess education funds after giving college education for all of our own.\n\nIn addition, programs like that, every bit as much as employers who hire illegals, create a magnet to draw more illegal aliens into our country.  We have to dismantle the magnets we have built already, not create more.
220022
With so many young mothers in not just our country but others as well, I would have to say yes. why limit our educated citizens to the childless. In america today we are experiencing shortages in many higher education careers, nursing has been suffering since I was in high school, doctors and teachers are also thinning out, even the coal mining industry is saying that they are going to suffer labor shortages for the next ten years. the baby boomers are starting to retire they are going to need even more care and attention than they have in the past. anything we can do to encourage students to attend school should at least be given a chance. where I live it was recently reported that not only are we short of employees, but those coming through school arent performing well enough to get into white collar positions. anything we can do to help should be done.
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Currently \nThe ILLEGAL Immigrants In Our Nation Comprise 5 Percent Of The Workforce\n\nThe UNEMPLOYMENT Rate Is 4.7 Percent\n\nYOU Do The Math
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The problem is that in order to get a perpetual stream of low wage workers, big business has tangled the amnesty concept up in the guest worker program.  A Senator projected immigration under the guest worker program, including the increased legal immigration going forward, as bringing in an additional 217 million poor immigrants in the next 20 years on top of those already here.  There is no provision for employers to offset the impacts on schools or other services.  \n\nI think the guest worker plan in this form has to go.  I would be OK with legalizing current qualified illegal immigrants so long as I really felt the border was secure and employers could be held accountable.  I would combine the House Bill provisions on border security with the Senate Bill employer database and penalty provisions.  \n\nHowever, an increase in legal immigration assumes that we have really stopped the illegal immigration.  I think we need to make sure the border is actually secure before deciding whether and how much to increase legal immigration rates going forward.
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The myth of “lazy” immigrants cheating U.S. taxpayers and living off welfare couldn’t be farther from the truth.\n\nAccording to a 2004 study by the Urban Policy Institute, virtually all undocumented men--96 percent--and 62 percent of undocumented women are in the workforce. According to a March report from the Pew Hispanic Center, of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., 7.2 million were employed in March 2005, making up approximately 4.9 percent of the labor force in the U.S. \n\nIt doesn't seem funny to me.  I think you should read up on the facts more before you ask such questions that knowingly or not expose your classist and (I'd assume also) racist ideology.
1061142
There is actually a better way to go about solving this problem. I know a lot of people in your specific area may not have heard of it, but its called GETTING A JOB.\n\n-J.
1161133
Hold them back.  Too many kids are just getting pushed through school.  Some of them can barely read or write when they graduate. It's better for them to go through the grade again and learn something than for tham to just get pushed ahead.
978047
I was on a forum a little while ago and a guy on there had a pretty decent plan.  So I will pass it on.  First . Close the borders for good.  ( I don't think that is possible)  2.   All illegals in the penal system would be deported immediately. ( that is an excellent idea)  3.  All undocumented workers would have 6 months to study and get their citizenships, or get deported as well. ( ah, i am still not sure absorbing all of them would be good for the country, but I think it's good mid ground).  4, after the 6 months any company still employing Illegals get fined 100,000 a day. (Love that).
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They can't!!! They will NOT work for minimum wages forever, and their kids SURE WON"T!!!! They will get an education,paid for by YOU,the TAXPAYERS. And THEN, they will get themselves in postions of power,so that they can help THEIR people!!! The black people work to help their own people, the mexican people work to help their own people,the white people get screwed over by everyone!!
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5. Impact of amnesty proposals on Illegal Alien numbers \nhttp://www.theamericanresistance.com/ref...\n\nOn January 9, 2004, President Bush proposed a guest worker program- A thinly veiled amnesty for illegal aliens.\n\nA February 29, 2004, Fox News article subsequently stated that from 50 percent to 90 percent of illegal aliens apprehended claimed they were coming here for the "amnesty" (their words). \nOne Border Patrol officer stated that "They believe that they are only responding to an invitation."\n\nAlthough correlation does not necessarily imply causation, it seems reasonable to presume a relatively modest 25 percent increase in illegal aliens starting January 15, 2004, through the rest of the year as a result of the "guest worker" proposal. \nThis 25 percent is a conservative estimate of the increased flow of illegal aliens into the U.S. as a result of President Bush's amnesty proposal. \n\nIn fact, official Border Patrol apprehension statistics show that total 2004 apprehensions as of June 30, 2004 represent \nA 190 PERCENT INCREASE over total 2003 apprehensions.\n\nShort Answer - No It Is NOT A Wise Decision \nTo Grant "AMNESTY" Or "GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS" \nThe Result Will INCREASE The Amount Of ILLEGAL Aliens Entering Our Nation
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Definitely, \n\nI have known people who were brought here by their parents as children\n\nThey excelled in school but couldn't get into a good university because of their 'illegal' status in the US.. \n\nThat sucks..