Ethnic divide among voters on DREAM Act – latimes.com

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Survey finds ethnic divide among voters on DREAM Act – latimes.com.

Among Latinos, 79% support government financial aid for illegal immigrants who attend state universities, compared with 30% of whites. And 49% of all respondents say UC and Cal State campuses not very affordable or unaffordable.

This was reported by the latimes.com concerning a recent poll conducted by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and The Times by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a Democratic firm, with American Viewpoint, a Republican company.  The poll suggest that the DREAM act is one  of the most controversial ethnic issues dividing Latinos and Whites. The complete polar numbers indicated what has and will continue to be a pivotal conflict in the education system. Free education for undocumented immigrants has always been a thorn in policy and between elementary to highschool real pushes to segregate students because of legal documents has been difficult. However college is another matter, with most colleges requiring proof of citizenship in applications  and documents for  financial aid many undocumented students who had been pushed by their parents to study hard are now faced with a wall. They have the grades, the scores and the drive but no money.  With limited resources and no government aid they either have to forgo their college dreams or settle for a less prestigious education.

Now I can go Peter Schiff on the issue how government grants have inflated college prices but its more complicated then that. With money tight and campaigns hinging on the growing Hispanic vote, politicians find themselves caught in a landmine. Either they support the DREAM act or they don’t. It all boils down to money. One side argues children who were brought to this country by their parents should still pay for their parents poor planing, and other that the cost would be balanced by the taxes paid on higher wages and better jobs these student could potently recieve over their lifetime. It seems the DREAM act comes down to money. With unemployment as high as 11% in some sectors of the nation,  slimmer job prospects after college for graduating students and tightening federal budgets the DREAM act seems on the losing side. In either case, who suffer are the student with no recourse. To students with access to financial aid they feel they will be forced to compete more for already tight spots.