I am an American. I had ancestors on the Mayflower. I had over a dozen ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. My "newest" immigrating ancestor came to the US in the 1850's. All of them came here legally, learned English, integrated quickly and paid taxes.

I went to an American college where I spoke English well. I worked very hard and devoted myself to my education for four years. I achieved a 4.0 GPA and won academic awards. I did not receive a cent of financial assistance despite my perfect grades and below poverty level income. I now owe tens of thousands of dollars in loans.

I have no medical insurance and often have to ignore my health needs, but the state I live in (California) spent over 2 billion last year on medical care for illegals.

There is already something seriously wrong with this picture. If a natural born, poor American with an excellent academic history, (and the potential to contribute greatly to our future,) cannot receive financial aid for college, there is no way that an ILLEGAL immigrant should.

I am a 20 year old student gettting ready to transfer to Cal State Los Angeles in the following fall semester, I am currently attending Community College with an acceptable GPA of a 3.5, I have worked hard and maintained myself active academically and socially. I have had to work twice as hard for what I have, compared to all the "legal" students..why? I am not a legal resident of the US. I am not playing victim i would just like to emphasize that the help that we would be given is not to bring grandma over here because she is sick, but because we are trying to make this society, the only one we ever lived in, a better place, and guess what? YOU live in this society that I am trying to make better!I only recommend people to REALLY think about what the situation is and who it really helps and affects...So lets keep vetoing this bill and keep giving money to all those "legal" students that receive all that money from the state and end up faling classes any way! Because it has been a challenge to achieve what us "illegal" students have we work twice as hard and appreciate it three times more, can you legal residents say that? We are competing for financial aid, they are not just handing it to us, or is the threat in that maybe there are illegal students who are doing much better academically that legal student? Think before you write and analize your thoughts, remember...in the end no one belongs to this country, ask your history teacher.

I agree. While I myself am an "Alien", (I arrived here legally) and am a strong supporter of the constitution, I must agree that spending millions perhaps billions of dollars on illegal immigrants takes away from those who truly deserve it. Those who took the time to fill out the appropriate app's and then waited for aprroval should NOT be punished because someone else decided to sneak across the border and live here illegally.
While the constitution allows for those who were born on U.S. soil to be considered "American Citizens", this title should be taken from those whose parents arrive here illegally and then have children or give birth to children-while here illegally.
I've paid my taxes, I've worked hard, I go to school, I have to repay my student loans...Why should we give breaks to "Illegals"? Why should they get a "Free Ride" on our backs?
I'm not saying we deny them health care (if they are really sick), I'm just saying that if they're willing to sneak across our borders and live in our communities, then they should be have to go through the same processes us legal and natural citizens have to go through-and NOT get preferential treatment from anybody!!!!!!!!

well, who ever this Digger person is, you are a really dumb person to even think its only mexicans crossing the boarder. If thats what you really think than you should go back to school

when my dad came to california he was illegal and became legal during an admisty my mother "snuck" accross the border too but she never worked illigally she always had her work permit and she too paid taxes just like any other legalized person so yes i was born to an illigal mother who took 12 years working hard paying taxes to be considered "legal" yet i know other people who are citizens and have not taken advantage of their positions as citizens why shouldnt illegal immigrants that want to become successful people have the chance to do so and recieve this aid. who ever said that the mayflower came here legally werent they running our of England!!! at least thats what i remember form my history classes the only people who should be considered legal or citizens are the native people who needed no legalizaion from anyone to be in the United States and look what the "Americans" did to them forced them out of their land and just for the record not all immigrants are Mexican!! or Latin for that mater!!

these article reeks of scaegoating xenobhobic douchebagerry. The author should go fucking read an economic book or something, Labor is a fucking commodoty. Companies dont give a shit if they hier undocumented "illegal" workers or not. They like the fact that u can exploit labor. Its been long understood that many "illegal" immigrants do pay taxes with an i tin number yet they dont get acounted for in the sysytem. Plus, this is capitalism u fuck, companies love cheap labor and love those wage workers to pump the liitle money they have back into the hands of the people who highered them in the fist place (via comodoty consumption), the compnies.

Oh, and never mind how this "GREAT NATION" cam e about ;the genocide of the native americans, the massive labor enslavment of africans, their continual segregation up until the 60's, the continual exploitation of the labor of poor whites/blacks/brown/yellow ect by oloigopolies and the state, the massive devestation of foreign markets via state millitary terror.

Give me a fucking break, u blame the lack of ur health care on illegals? fuck u buddy, im illegal and dont get shit. U dont have basic health benifits cuz we live in a greedy society. Big capital created the immigration problem yet u blame the avereg people.

It like blaming ur sneaze for having given u the cold virus. Cant u see u dumbass, u blame the symptom for ur desease as apposed to the desease itself.

Really, people need to stop feeling sorry for themselves...you think this is your country. Spreading hatred....and you blame it on illegals. Come'on give yourself a reality check. Thanks to your Evil misconceptions we have war i the world, we have poverty and most importantly deaths. Thanks to you all so called Americans who do nothing but brag. Your parents, your grandfathers were obvioulsy illegal. Most of the Econocmy in this country comes from not only illegals but other legal immigrants obviously not Native American. This country has strive to become a world superpower with all the effort of immigrants who granted us this freedom. Italian, French, Jewish, Polish, Mexican, Colombian, Cuban...all these people who do not declare income tax and onlky work for the money which is sometimes toally trash. Help economic problems solve and americans only brag about what illegals had done. People need to stand and take charge of their own lifes instead of blming others. This is not your country natives this is a country of freedom and justice for all. Stop thinking like this because thanks to your evil hell is rising through peoples lifes causing family distortions, violence and obviously this economic panic. Thanks you for reading.

I respect all Illegal immigrants and what their trying to do to get their education. I am in a relationship wit a guy who is illegal. ITs so hard for him to find a way to go to college because he is not from here. Can anyone tell me how he can get his papers.??? I really want the best for him. I love and care for him so much were planning to get married but were more concentraded on getting his education first