What in the heck are they thinking II?


Illegal immigration (and border control) is a issue upon which a large majority of Americans agree. In fact, in a November 2005 poll, 75 percent of Americans identify controlling illegal immigration as a major issue, and 60 percent favor a barrier upon the Mexican border to reduce levels of illegal immigration.

Hiring an illegal immigrant is, well, illegal and can subject the employer to severe fines (when the fines are enforced).

So why in the heck is a trustee of the Dallas Independent School District suggesting that the District begin hiring illegal immigrants to serve as bilingual educators in DISD schools?

Yes, due to federal laws requiring states to provide free education to illegal alien minors, and due to regulations requiring bilingual education, the DISD has a large population of students who don't speak English and therefore need bilingual teachers.

But maybe, just maybe, the answer is to stem the flow of illegal immigration in order to keep the number of non-English speakers from continuing their exponential rise. Maybe if we make it much more difficult for illegal aliens to enter and remain in this country, we won't have such a large population of people unable to even speak the language.

This proposal would do the opposite: it would provide a high-paying (DISD pays its starting, first year bilingual teachers a base salary of $39,150, plus a bilingual education bonus of $3,000, for a base salary of $42,150 per year (not counting any other benefits, stipends or bonuses). I think offering such a high starting salary would attract illegal immigrants rather than discourage them. Maybe it's just me.

I wonder if its any coincidence that theDISD Trustee, Joe May) who advocates this measure is a past two-term president of LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) and a current board member of SER -- Jobs for Progress (a LULAC entity whose primary mission is to find jobs for impoverished Hispanics)?

Nahhh. Couldn't be. The fact that LULAC believes

building a wall across the southern border that is high enough and wide enough to prevent border crossings sends a dangerous message to our second largest trading partner, to our future trading partners, and to the U.S. regime of allies and friends in Latin America

is irrelevant. I'm equally sure that LULAC's call for the United States to provide illegal immigrants (1) a pathway to legal residency at the worker's option; (2) access to federal and state health and other benefit programs paid for by taxpayers, as well as a call for universal health care; and (3) allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses didn't have anything to do with Trustee May's support of the DISD hiring illegal immigrants.

He's just trying to do his job, right?
- posted by MrSpkr @ 09:49