Show HB Hg 7 stirs up controversy Sam Cooper The Globe immigrants attending attending attend attend- Undocumented increase intuition in face an ing may soon in n the Utah t tuition tuition- Current legislation seeks to ss of o Representatives Pre 1 House for undocumented undocumented eliminate state in-state f Proposed tuition sed a House Bill students of rf a 2002 law 7 would be a a reversal undocumented immigrants immigrants which allowed u tuition if grants to 10 qualifY for three state instate years of high they had attended graduated Debate Utah and ana b of school in the airWaves filled over the bill has bas and radio stations with local television concerned citizens weighing in Its not the new immigrants its it's the second generation immigrants that would really suffer said student Niels Jensen He fears not allowing undocumented immigrants to access higher education could be an instrument instrument instrument ment of repression Many students see it as an issue of simple fairness Well its it's kind of lame said University of Utah student Nicole Pollock I iI work in an elementary school and it doesn't matter if a student is illegal or not everyone is welcome Its It's that way in junior high and high school too she said What makes college so different Other students are not so I 1 accepting I really think they should return to Mexico or wherever then apply for citizenship citizenship citizenship cit cit- cit cit- and come back legally said student Todd Madsen Some argue that a college education is setting undocumented students up for failure later Since legal documentation is required to work many think higher education for undocumented immigrants immigrants immigrants grants is a end dead-end street I hate this bill I hate this issue said Rep Jim Ferrin R-Orem R as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune But I am going to hold my nose and vote for it Its It's heartbreaking but America is not the land of opportunity for those who come here illegally Its It's estimated that more than 20 nth mil n l- l lion undocumented immigrants live and work in the United States Many believe that much of the controversy surrounding undocumented immigrants immigrants immigrants grants and their rights is due to a lack of action by the federal government Immigration policy in Washington has been slow coo coming ng mostly due to the intense politicization of the issue This lack of oversight has left the responsibility responsibility responsibility of determining the rights of undocumented immigrants to individual individual ual states resulting in a mixture of pro and immigration anti-immigration laws at the stateHouse stateHouse state stateHouse House Bill 7 Conf Cont on Page 8 J t. t House Bill 7 1 Cont Cant from front level President Bush again brought up the issue of illegal immigration tion in his last state of the union speech Americas immigration system system system tem is also outdated unsuited to the needs of our economy and to the values of our country We should not be content with laws that punish hardworking people who want only to provide for their families and deny businesses business business- es willing workers and invite chaos at our border It is time for foran foran foran an immigration policy that permits permits permits per per- mits temporary guest workers to fill jobs Americans will not take that rejects amnesty that tells us who is entering and leaving our country and that closes the border border border bor bor- der to drug dealers and terror tenor is ts |