"Brandon Rippeon, a Republican candidate for Maryland's 6th congressional district, argues liberals in Annapolis believe U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants deserve the same rights. "

Oh, do we U.S. citizens have rights in Mexico I'm not aware of? Can I get free medical care for my children in Mexico?

Children of immigrants, regardless of the status of their parents, need to be accorded the same opportunity for education as the children of citizens in the state they live in. It is the right thing to do. It is the American thing to do.

Why do law makers believe that illegal people and families are something on the bottom of their shoe? Why don't they do the right American thing and allow a process for getting the people to come forward out of the shadows?

I agree with Rippon and believe no illegal in this country should receive a free handout from our government and from my tax dollars. STOP ENCOURAGING ILLEGALS to cross our borders; let’s take care of our own first. Let's take care of our young yes, but let's not forget who's picking up the tab for this bill. Let's get back on track with our economy and let's get rid of our dependency on foreign countries for oil and pay down our debt. IN OTHER WORDS...LET"S start living within our means. The government has to get rid of its credit card mentality and go back to fiscal responsibility and a balanced budget... As I told my children growing up, "You can't have everything you want NOW. Save for it and only then can you have it.
jeanjoe53@comcast.net Jeannie Pizzonia

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I keep hearing that the millions of illegal invaders cannot be deported. What nonsense!. Presidents Hoover, Truman and Eisenhower all deported millions and it actually helped our economy, as it would now. The 8 million felon illegal invaders now holding American jobs should be concentrated on first to allow some of the 22 million unemployed Americans now looking for ANY job to feed and shelter their families a crack at these positions. Stop the nonsense! Deport the invaders, seal the border and jail the greedy, criminal employers!

It amazes me how illegal alien cheerleaders call citizens who want our immigration laws enforced "bigots."

You know what's bigoted? People who think they are above the law. People who refuse to assimilate. People who feel fully entitled to their parasitic lifestyles at the expense of Americans who never asked them here.

Illegal aliens are invaders. They give no respect, and they deserve no respect.

NumbersUSA and hundreds of grass-roots groups and associations will never accept another amnesty, any defacto amnesty such as the Dream Act or any method to legitimize the minor or odious criminals who snubbed our laws. More and more American citizens are being victimized by illegal aliens, thanks to a a failure to build the real double border fence, topped with concertina razor wire as according to the 2006 Secure Fence Act. Confront your Senator, Congressman at State and Federal level, and ask them why taxpayers are supporting illegal aliens in Health Care and education, and other social programs by calling Washington at 202-224-3121.

By the hundreds and thousands they will leave stringent restrictionist States as they did in the Great State of Arizona, where these people depleted public entitlements. Now they have attention diverted to New Mexico plus other pliable States to exploit the public services. So if States do not author laws such as E-Verify 287 (G) and other harsh enforcement treatments, illegal alien eyes will turn towards--New Mexico or YOUR--State and your welfare handouts. A despicable example is the Sanctuary State of California that is still suffering from a $24 Billion dollar treasury loss and still being monetarily ransacked by illegal aliens education, health care, public programs and overcrowded prisons. Join the TEA Party as they are fighting for smaller government and less taxes extorted from your wages.Already a million plus Taxpayer's have investigated truthful illegal alien welfare costs, population statistics and your chance to fax for free the leadership in Washington at NumbersUSA pro-sovereignty organization.

A DIVIDED NATION

The American people are furious and frustrated with being taxed to support foreigners, who shouldn't even be here.

We must expeditiously rethink the massive budget deficits at not just the federal level, but State and even local levels of government. Instead of short changing the Senior Citizens as Washington did last year, veteran warriors, and those with disabilities, homeless, single mothers, sick and those living in poverty, remove the incentives for illegal aliens to come here. Republican and Democratic must eradicate the job magnet for foreign nationals. We must completely sever welfare payments, food stamps and every conceivable penny to illegal aliens. We must revise the 14th amendment as the dollar amount outstrips even the costly education for children of illegal nationals. Even if the courts don’t agree in amending the provision of the birthright citizenship, the parents if illegal should be deported as the IRS will be confiscating your taxes to cater to them.

We shouldn't be ashamed of cutting any benefits, as the politicians have intentionally fashioned the entitlement system for over thirty years, with billions being spent on millions of illegal aliens with some never paying any federal or state taxes. In fact foreigners are sending billions of dollars to foreign countries annually. One of the biggest frauds preyed upon by foreign nationals, is the IRS child credit fraud. Many cases of both Father and Mother asked separately for reimbursement tax credits for the same child or even some non-existent. Even Before they come here from across the Ocean or from either border, they have been taught ahead of time how to work the system and get the maximum benefits from our welfare system. We can start reducing the illegal immigrant population, by simply enforcing the 1986 immigration laws. By demanding immigration policing laws, Utah as an example has saved itself from further barrage of economic illegal aliens.

AMERICAN CITIZENS MUST CONFRONT THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL PROBLEM AND PICK A SIDE? LIBERTARIANS WANT WIDE OPEN BORDERS AND THE FREE MOVEMENT OF FOREIGNERS. GO TO A FEW FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND SEE WHAT MULTICULTURALISM, MULTI-LANGUAGES AND MULTI-RELIGIONS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED? GO TO ENGLAND AND OTHER PLACES IN EUROPE WHERE THERE IS GROWING UNREST FROM THESE VERY ISSUES.

Agribusinesses should be concerned, because taxpayers right now are supporting the children of illegal workers. Americans are hardly aware that the agriculture companies, including mega farms do not pay for the children education, health care or other financial services. It's yet another massive corporate welfare programs, that citizens and legal residents are being taxed. Join NumbersUSA, and the Tea Party and find out the truth, where hundreds of billions of--YOUR--money is going? Confront your Senator, Congressman at State and Federal level at 202-224-3121 and ask them why farm and agricultural employers are not supporting their Guest Workers in Health Care and education, and other social programs for the illegal alien children and family members?

I agree with Francis and Brandon Rippeon. A "right-winged pipe dream" - puleease! I want our legislators to work with the law and to modify the laws that are not working. Instead of taking steps to afford illegal immigrants in-state tuition benefits IF they pay Maryland taxes for at least one year, why aren't our delegates pressuring state senators to support immigration reform - the real issue here? The cost differential between in-state and out-of-state for ONE YEAR at the University of Maryland is $16,000. Is it possible for an illegal immigrants to earn wages that would be taxed the same value of the benefits they would receive in one year? What would be worse would be to educate an illegal who, after graduation, cannot legally find work in his or her field! I should give up my son or daughter's spot in MD schools at in-state rates for what reason, exactly?

What would be worse would be to educate an illegal who, after graduation, cannot legally work.

Help fight illegal immigration. Visit the NumbersUSA and the ALIPAC websites . We need federal legislation to force employers to verify social security numbers.

Beth has a point. I wonder if Maryland is planning to implement an affirmative action plan to force Maryland universities to accept illegal immigrant students. This would also allocate financial aid to illegals.

No amnesty of any kind for any illegal alien.

Support E-Verify.

Rippeon is right, and Ali is wrong.