Some students who could be impacted by a legislative proposal targeting immigration said they might not be able to pay for school if tuition fee waivers for a certain group come to an end.
Joint letter from the California Department of Education and the California Student Aid Commission regarding the California Dream Act Application and helping undocumented students safely apply for financial aid.
civilization and there s not a racist bone in his body. really? then he s been playing one on tv and in the florida congress for years and years for his entire career. look, the reason you cannot believe steve king when he says he was taken out of context is because then you would have to believe that his entire life has been taken out of context. maybe if this was a statement made in a vacuum, a one-off, something that happened once, but this is just one more. this is the straw that broke the camel s back. but it s one more racist, divisi divisive, supremacist bigoted statement by steve king. the man who has compared immigrants to dirt, to dogs, said that daca dreamer students have calves the size of cantaloupes where they are bringing in drugs, has proposed an electrified fence at the border. it s been one thing after the other after the other after the other. and i would say look, for
said that daca dreamer students have calves the size of cantaloupes where they are bringing in drugs, has proposed an electrified fence at the border. it s been one thing after the other after the other after the other. and i would say look, for republicans it s taken too damn long. it s been way too many times. let s not play stupid here. that being said, i am glad that people like joni ernst, the senator from iowa, from his state, has taken a stand. i am grateful and thankful for the voice of tim scott, the one african-american senator, republican and even mitch mcconnell. who spoke up, and he said, tim scott said, you know why people call the republican party racist and why we have to deal with this? because for far too long we remained silent in the face of racist comments. i m up against the clock here, and i want to get adam in. so listen, even mitch mcconnell said if he doesn t understand
favor president trump, and i ll tell you, i m a trustee at miami-dade college, the largest college in the united states, with we have a lot of these dreamer students, and i hope president trump protects these children because they re here through no fault of their own. and they are students. they are helping our economy and our schools. but this is a country of laws, and laws need to be respected. unfortunately, president obama s biggest failure was failing to pass immigration reform when he had complete control in the first two years of his presidency as he had promised. i believe that an executive order, talking about protecting these children, it s not a law. congress needs to pass a permanent soluti to the immigration problem, and truly believe through bipartisan effort that will be accomplished during the trump presidency. mary lee, good to talk to you. thank you. so here in d.c. we want to go to nbc s stephanie gosk. she has a rundown of the