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...Arizona, a war is being waged on affordable education. According to Proposition 300, a piece of legislation passed in November 2006, the state is prohibited from subsidizing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. While this may seem at first glance to be a reasonable curb in the fight against illegal immigration, the reality is something different. The people primarily affected by this measure are the children of illegal immigrants—many of whom have been living in the United States since before they can remember. Now these young adults, great majorities of whom are culturally American, are finding themselves...
...these young people access to education is to incentivize illegal immigration. Education, however, is too valuable a social opportunity to let this hypothesis dictate this policy. Essentially, this excuse is little more than an attempt to veil the xenophobia that prevails in many parts of the American Southwest. Across Arizona and other Southwestern states, policies like Proposition 300 arise out of bigotry and racism. While the theme of this measure and the theme of curbing illegal immigration are related, the students affected by this ban on subsidies are unlike adult illegal immigrants who made a decision to cross the border...
...slew of bloggers and columnists from media outlets have said the move is discriminatory, puts minority interests ahead of the majority, and could be seen as a “dangerous” concession to Islam. Linda Valdez, a columnist for The Arizona Republic, called the policy an infringement on equal rights...
...Holtz-Eakin replied, as his staff released a collective gasp of horror. Eventually, the tanker deal collapsed under a cloud of scandal, further cementing the bond between the Arizona politician and the Princeton-trained economist. "He got me," says Holtz-Eakin, remembering McCain's question. "I liked that...
...fund raiser, pulling in $67 million to the Republican National Committee in 2007 at events like his frequent luncheons and dinners around town. By the same token, if anyone is going to protect the legacy of Bush's war on terror and Iraq, it is the senior Senator from Arizona...