WHY ???

Its great, God bless you guys.

This is just another example why the federal, state and local governments are going broke. Maryland politicians are more concerned with illegal immigrants than they are with the legal, hard working, tax paying constituents. I would like to know how Anthony Brown expects these illegals, to give back to American society? How do I get my tax money back? How many of Maryland’s legal students are going to be denied acceptance into college, because there wasn’t enough room for them? When will these illegal students pay us back?

Hey you RVN6768, you should be happy about this legislation because it does extremely good to the MD state, did you know that? not only because it helps immigrant students to enter the university and college but because it will bring millions and billions of dollars in revenue because they will be able to pay for social programs and social services more effectively without depending too much on the government, did you know that you little selfish boy??

no one is going to be denied access to education because an immigrant student!, your taxes you will always pay them and have returned to you but nothing will change because of this legislation, you say when illegals pay back to the americans, they already are paying taxes for everything they pay!, did you know that?? selfish boy? did you know that education is the only way to eradicate poverty, racism, abuse from society? did you know that this legislation is one step closer to end frictions and promote harmony within the community in this case throughout maryland?? Think first before you speak nonsense dude. If you are thinking about being leader in the future, don't mess innocent people' lives you don;t even know personally, that you don't know their situation by heart, you don't know what this individuals have led them to take such hard decisions to to survive, you are not in their personal and distinguished difficult constraints. Think before you act, you want to be a leader as i mentioned before, learn to be honest, to be sympathetic, to be altruistic ( not egoistical) with people you don't know. Virtues of a leader and of a true human being are honesty, fairness, altruism and devotion, and so far with you egoistical attitude you have none. so start by changing you negative attitudes towards others and be part of the philanthropist ideals which are to be enhance the welfare of others, because life truly does give back if you help a needy soul, change you attitudes!!

Two weeks before Christmas this year, one of your fine upstanding Hispanic families across the street was having an extremely loud party in their home. I could see a strobe light in the living room and anytime someone opened the front door the music came blaring out. After 10pm I didn't call the police for myself, I called them for the retired couple living in the townhouse attached to the illegal immigrants making all the noise. I watched while a van double parked in front of the house and two people helped a blasted drunk woman stumble to the van. Twenty minutes later, two police cruisers came slowly down the street, right on by the double parked van. Had they investigated the van at all they would have found the noise problem. And the retired couple? This year they are selling their home specifically to get away from the immigrants and trashy behavior like this. The gentleman told me that both Christmas and New Years the immigrants next door partied until 5am. This retired man still mows lawns for many neighbors; often for free. Hyattsville is losing one of its best citizens because the city doesn't give a shit about its legal residents.

My son lost special education services at Nicholas Orem Middle school this year, yet 20 percent of the students there are considered ESL (English as a Second Language) students. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what it means when 12- and 13-year-olds can't speak English well. I have lived in Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, and Maryland, and I have never hated a community like I do Hyattsville. In Illinois I was a hospice direct care volunteer and volunteer secretary to the board of a historic theater. I have been a contract employee at a component of the DOJ for 10 years. I adopted my special needs son out of the DC foster system. Obviously I am not the type of resident that Hyattsville is trying to attract and retain. As soon as my home value recovers, I’m out of here like most other White and many Black families. Hyattsville can enjoy its downward spiral into becoming another Langley Park.

The very sad thing about all of this is that the legal residents that I've spoken to don't want the illegal residents rounded up and shipped home. WE JUST WANT CODE ENFORCED. I'm happy to pay for your children to learn English and get an education, just OBEY THE LAWS AND RESPECT YOUR NEIGHBORS. Last July I called the Hyattsville code enforcement office three times. I left my name and number for the city administrator at the time and was lead to believe that she would call. Never happened. The last time I called to complain about code enforecement, I spoke with someone who would only identify herself as "Christine." When I told her what street I lived on, she said "I'm sure it's very difficult living on that street" Yeah, it's difficult because code enforcement refuse to do their jobs.

Well we tax paying citizens are now going to pay for illegals to get a college degree to take our future job opportunities for less? And we have no say?

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Either illegals are trashy scum and would hardly be the type to graduate high school let alone go to college.

OR...

They're a hyper-brilliant anchor-baby invasion force out to steal our college degrees.

Does anyone really think this is a serious problem? Sheesh.

Like it or not they live here. So I don't really have a problem with them getting in-state tuition. A large number of "illegals" actually do pay taxes, just have no ability to get a refund in April.

Without education, these illegals will be more susceptible to gangs and other criminal elements. If you give them a path to a better life, the rewards start to outweigh the risks of illegal behavior. Sentencing them to a life of digging ditches and lawn mowing will make criminal activity much more attractive. And the students in question, didn't choose to come here illegally, their parents did.

Being married to a former legal alien (she was a citizen before I met her) whose family has gone through the long process of legal immigration, I'm no fan of amnesty for illegals, but if they are living and working here, why give their kids some positive options to counter the negatives.

I don't know how many times this has to be said before someone will finally get the point but then did ILLEGAL get redefined as something other than AGAINST THE LAW??? If they are ILLEGAL immigrants than they are here in Maryland AGAINST THE LAW so why in the heck are we making new laws that allow them to not only be here, get drivers licenses and drive cars without insurance, go to public schools, and now go to state colleges all paid for by Maryland's LEGAL RESIDENT'S TAX DOLLARS??? WHY WHY WHY??? The only taxes ILLEGALS pay is sales taxes. They are not paying income tax because employers are supposed to not be able to hire ILLEGALS so they get paid under the table or use fake IDs. They are not paying property tax because they cannot own homes because they are ILLEGALS so they rent.

Stop painting a pretty picture to justify this with fallacious comments like, "we want to give them a path to a better life." The path to a better life starts at the end of the line for LEGAL IMMIGRATION not by sneaking into the country ILLEGALLY and then holding your hand out expecting everything LEGAL Immigrants and natural born citizens have a LEGAL right to.

When did ILLEGAL STOP BEING ILLEGAL???

At a time the country and state are up to our butts in debt, these guys in the legislature find yet another "gimmie program" for the illegal and undeserving. These politicians need to be ripped out of office by the taxpayer....get it "TAXPAYERS"!

I support investing in our youth. They are undocumented and it does not look like that situation will be resolved in the near future. In the mean time, we need to make sure they are productive. If America it to compete globally, we need to insure our society is educated. With that said, I believe their parents should show evidence that they have paid federal and state taxes for the last five years.

Doing nothing will not hurt anyone as they did not have any benefits to lose in the beginning. The theory why should the children be penalized it's not their fault. No it is not their fault but u still don't reward bad behavior/wrong behavior. This bill will allow the children to sponsor their parents towards legal residency, and after 5 years as a Legal Resident they will be able to apply for medical insurance. There are far more reaching repercussions to this matter.

The key word to all this is "ILLEGAL" immigrants. River runners and puddle jumpers don't know SPIC AND SPAN used to mean clean and fresh.

I applaud the House's passing of this bill. I specifically wrote to the state legislature asking that they pass it and I am proud of them for doing so (and yes - i am an american born citizen). and for the people worried about their taxes being wasted - the majority of your taxes goes to engaging in illegal, immoral wars, lining the pockets of corporations and keeping the top 1% rich. I for one am glad that our state legislature had the guts to do what the federal government did not.

Thank you legislators. I support access to education for all of my neighbors.

So my sister who grew up in Maryland, went to University of Maryland, moved to Delaware for her husband's job and her kids have to pay out of state tuition after our parents paid and still pay taxes in Maryland for over 50 years while some illegal gets to pay in-state tuition when they shouldn't even be in the country. Pray tell what is fair and equitable about that?

unbeliveable, just another way of showing that we are doing everything for a person that should be in jail or deported and not for the people that are citizens of this country. I do not belive there should be school for illegal immigrants at all . check the laws in other countries, if you are not a citizen there a lot of hopps to go through to gain evtrance to school.