The brewing controversy over the state community college system’s requirement that its 58 member institutions admit and educate undocumented students would be laughable if it wasn’t such a colossal waste of time and energy.
The Southern border, the factory floor and corporate boardrooms should be the frontline for this battle.
Americans want their elected representatives to take a stand on this issue once and for all and secure our borders. The best way to do that is to ensure that illegal immigrants don’t find work once they get here.
Our chief executive and commander-in-chief, President Bush, has done nothing to stem the flow of illegal immigrants across our borders. If there’s been a genuine stand along our border or a major crackdown against companies for hiring undocumented workers, we missed the news flash.
Lawmakers in Washington — when the Republicans were in charge and now that the U.S. House and Senate are controlled by the Democrats — have done nothing.
Now some people want community colleges to enforce our immigration laws. That’s beyond absurd.
The fact that politicians in Raleigh and elsewhere are trying to make political hay on this issue shows their failure to grasp the root causes of this issue.
The fact is, our state’s community colleges have not been overrun by illegal immigrants. Here in Iredell County, Mitchell Community College officials are confident they don’t have a single undocumented student in their degree-seeking programs. And, given the fact that these students would be forced to pay more than $7,000 for tuition, they don’t expect the admissions office to be deluged with applicants.
All of the anger being directed at our state’s community colleges should be rerouted to Washington, D.C.
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