Bennet introduces Visa reform bill for undocumented students

FredHayek wrote: But consider this, since 1/2 of the cost of a CU education is paid by taxpayers, we would be subsidizing the education of foreign nationals who would compete for space in engineering classes with native born speakers and then go back to their own country with those subsidized diplomas.

Just kidding, few Americans want to take hard engineering/science courses anymore, and often the foreign students with diplomas stay in the States and help out US companies and goverments.

AspenValley wrote: Are you kidding? It's bad enough when illegals steal the jobs of people trimming hedges and scrubbing toilets, now you commies want to have them steal the jobs of the upper middle class?

(Just thought I'd go ahead and make that rant and save some of our rabidly anti-immigration types the trouble.)

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

FredHayek wrote: But consider this, since 1/2 of the cost of a CU education is paid by taxpayers, we would be subsidizing the education of foreign nationals who would compete for space in engineering classes with native born speakers and then go back to their own country with those subsidized diplomas.

Just kidding, few Americans want to take hard engineering/science courses anymore, and often the foreign students with diplomas stay in the States and help out US companies and goverments.

Somebody has to make use of the hard science educational opportunities... since our current batch of college grads have wasted their student loans with degrees in "puppetry" and "conflict resolution in the Maldives". Just review the articles about the miseducated little snowflakes that were whining at the Occupy encampments.

DENVER -- Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to help qualified undocumented students gain access to higher education or the workplace with temporary student visas.

Science Chic wrote: I like it - we need to encourage those who are going into science, math, and engineering to stay and work here or we are going to lose our competitive edge.

http://www.kdvr.com/news/politics/kdvr- ... 5832.story
Sen. Bennet introduces Visa reform bill for undocumented students
Eli Stokols Political Reporter
December 13, 2011

DENVER -- Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to help qualified undocumented students gain access to higher education or the workplace with temporary student visas.

The proposal would create a new green card category for students with backgrounds in science, math and engineering, Bennet explained to reporters during a conference call.

The new category of visa would enable students who have graduated from high school and enrolled in college to work legally in the U.S.

It does not go as far as the DREAM Act, which would provide undocumented residents a path to citizenship by graduating college or joining the military.

BearMtnHIB wrote:

DENVER -- Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to help qualified undocumented students gain access to higher education or the workplace with temporary student visas.

"undocumented" is the progressive buzzword for what the rest of us call "illeagal"- which means that they broke into this country with their parents. These people are not here legally.

I don't care if they are smart- they came here illegally- and Bennet wants to make them "legal".

And they definitely would be taking the job of an American citizen who's parents paid taxes into the public school system- in fact they would be taking the spot of an American engineering student in a taxpayer funded college too!

We have 30 million Americans out of work right now- and 28 million illegal aliens here. Do we really need a program like this whn our own citizens need those education opportunities and jobs?

I say no way.