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WilmywoodNCparalegal

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7. Are there scholarships for the children of legal immigrants without green cards?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 12:03 PM

Dec 2012

If so, I have no problem with this. However, the reality is that children of legal aliens who are authorized to work pursuant to visas such as the H, L, O, P, E, TN, etc. have no way of getting any help for college expenses or loans or grants or anything else, due to the visas being 'temporary.'

More than half the people on these visas end up becoming permanent residents at some point and they also contribute greatly - not just from taxation but from their skills, qualifications and abilities.

Once again, playing by the rules doesn't mean squat.

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California's Berkeley to give college scholarships to illegal immigrants [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2012 OP

Good! NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

Nothing like rewarding people kurtzapril4 Dec 2012 #4

But you are a jerk lunatica Dec 2012 #12

i'm sorry, are you accusing children of breaking the law? CreekDog Dec 2012 #14

And they couldn't go with a more accurate headline? Stirring up the masses again. Good 4 Haas fund. okaawhatever Dec 2012 #2

Fantastic. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #3

one million divided by 200 = 5000 olddad56 Dec 2012 #5

Then they'll demand more. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #8

are you saying something unkind about students who would like an education? CreekDog Dec 2012 #15

You falsely claim to have some special insight AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #19

Nice to see Democratic states leading the way like this. republican run states pampango Dec 2012 #6

Are there scholarships for the children of legal immigrants without green cards? WilmywoodNCparalegal Dec 2012 #7

I bet any person on that category makes more money AlphaCentauri Dec 2012 #9

Not necessarily WilmywoodNCparalegal Dec 2012 #18

L-1B is a non immigrant visa, the employee is considered an asset of the company AlphaCentauri Dec 2012 #24

Nice to see a college rewarding the smart and talented n/t AlphaCentauri Dec 2012 #10

Yay! Less money available to help needy students who are here legally. slackmaster Dec 2012 #11

This is a private foundation donating money for a specific thing lunatica Dec 2012 #13

Money is the most fungible thing that exists slackmaster Dec 2012 #20

That's an ignorant statement lunatica Dec 2012 #21

I think people who are in the country illegally should have to at least apply for legal residence... slackmaster Dec 2012 #22

Illegals accepted by UC Berkeley are an asset to this country lunatica Dec 2012 #23

uninformed once again CreekDog Dec 2012 #16

I like it. You can argue all day about illegal immigrants attending college, hughee99 Dec 2012 #17