Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:11:57 PM
I
mentioned a Los Angeles Times sob-story on illegal aliens who were brought here as minors by their parents, and their entitlement attitude, especially when it comes to higher education. The
Los Angeles Times printed some letters in response to their article. Kee Kim of La Habra wrote:
There's a Korean folktale: A good Samaritan rescued a drowning man, risking his own life, only to face the man's angry demand of the knapsack he lost in the process.
Being of Korean descent, UCLA student David Cho probably can relate to it. Contrary to how he feels, he clearly owes something to what he calls a "broken system," which allowed him to attend a world-class school despite his status, denying thousands of otherwise qualified children of legal California residents.
Don't forget all of the previous education and other public services.
If Cho wants to find blame, it belongs to his parents, not the system.
Exactly.
Gretchen Hays of Pacific Palisades wrote:
If the DREAM Act does not pass, it will show a remarkable degree of unenlightened self-interest. The undocumented students in this article demonstrate all the qualities we want in our students.
Of course they do. That was the agenda of the
Los Angeles Times. The handful of students in the article are the best of the millions of illegal aliens. What about all of the illegal aliens who remain uneducated and dependent on taxpayer subsidies the rest of their lives? Or join gangs, or engage in violent and destructive crimes? We should not go out of our way to make illegal aliens comfortable.