In this article, the problems about students who parents are considered
immigrants are not allowed to attend universities in certain states such as
Florida and New Jersey. These states are known for reducing their expenditures
on college education by denying low tuition rates and financial aid. This
problem is causing these innocent students who solely want to further their own
education and succeed to refrain from doing so. In the article, Mr. Shalom
quotes”…we think that’s decidedly un-American” really stood out to me because
many immigrants do come to America to seek greater opportunities. America is
known for allowing the freedom of so many rights and is denying it to US
citizens. It is denying freedom to those that are citizens only because they
cannot show proof that their parents are residence. Most immigrants are not
able to get jobs and are not living in a decent social class. These students
are more than likely going to school because they want to reach social mobility
and get themselves and their parents out of their low social class. That social
gap between the rich and poor has been a problem and keeping these students
from going to school will keep them from gradually solving this problem. Not
being able to afford college and further their education is not allowing them
to let themselves step up the social ladder. This is keeping colleges from
being diverse and from having professional leaders of different backgrounds.
The US is known for having all kinds of cultures and there is need of bilingual
doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, and etc. Therefore this is an important
issue that affects not only students with immigrant parents, but also everyone
else.
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