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Question : Illegals admit they are illegal to police why do they think the dream act should dismiss all charges aganist?
Their secret was out: Despite their upbringing in middle America, their academic success and their network of native-born friends, they had no permission to be in the United States. Their parents had brought them here illegally as children.

The Robleses, now out of jail but fighting removal in Immigration Court, are among thousands of young illegal immigrants in similar situations, living at risk of being expelled to countries they barely remember.

They are known in some circles as “Dream Act” kids, named after proposed legislation that would grant them legal status. This month, a Harvard University student who came from Mexico at age 4, Eric Balderas, joined their ranks after he was arrested by immigration agents at the San Antonio Airport.

Their cases underscore a conflict in the Obama administration’s approach to immigration enforcement. Even though the president supports the Dream Act — which would provide a path to legalization for illegal immigrants brought here as children who enroll either in college or the military — his enforcement bureaucracy continues to pursue deportation cases against the increasing number of students who would be protected by it. It’s part of a push that is on track to remove a record 400,000 illegal immigrants this year.

“It highlights the inconsistencies in immigration policies,” said William Perez, a Claremont Graduate University professor and author of a book about illegal-immigrant students called “We Are Americans.”

Immigration authorities say they use their discretion and rarely deport students, particularly once their teachers, coaches, friends and elected representatives speak out on their behalf.

Balderas, for example, was placed in “deferred status,” meaning the government won’t remove him unless he gets in trouble. But even so, the young people remain in legal limbo, often unable to land a professional job once earning a degree.

“These cases illustrate the need for comprehensive immigration reform,” said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “ICE uses its discretion on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.”

Carlos and Rafael Robles were on the way to visit a friend at Harvard — not Balderas — when they were arrested. They spent a weekend in jail before friends posted $ 5,000 bond apiece. They had to travel to Buffalo again recently for a court hearing after an immigration judge turned down their request to move their case to Chicago. Their next court date is next year.

Their father works for a car dealer, and their mother is an assistant at a mortgage company. They came to the U.S. by airplane five years ago on tourist visas and never went back.

“We want to go to school and to work here,” Carlos Robles said.

Several members of their community have written letters on their behalf, said Robert Carroll, a teacher at Palatine High School.

“Gee whiz, these are just two quality kids,” he said. “They are everything you would want your kids to be. These kids are going to be leaders in their communities — taxpayers, not tax recipients.”

The Dream Act, sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and others, came up eight votes short in the Senate in 2007, when an effort to overhaul immigration law fell apart. The following year, then-candidate Barack Obama urged its passage during a presidential debate. But Obama has done little to push the bill as president.

Some opponents say the measure would grant “amnesty” to a far larger circle of illegal immigrants than the college students who have become the faces of the movement.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-metstudent-deportations-0627-20100626,0,4217306.story

Why are illegals trying to erode our laws ? Should I not get a speeding ticket cause I am good student ? All Mexicans have relatives in Mexico to help them adjust. People all over the world move to countries they know nothing about and adjust and make it ok.Why are these Mexicans so special ?
Illegals admit they are illegal to police why do they think the dream act should dismiss all charges aganist them ?
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Answer by Daria { Ad Astra Per Aspera }
I am glad to hear they want to continue their education but they can’t do it at the expense of tax payers. Sorry, they should not be getting any financial assistance and if they can pay then they should pay out of state tuition. It is not our job to educate and provide for illegals.
They can go ahead and go to college in their home countries. So ……