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Dreamer Dilemma

Every once in a while there is a story that makes me stop and think. Actually, that is not true, as here in California, there are stories that makes a rational person stop and think at least a few times per week when the California Legislature is in session! So again last week, just when one thinks that he has seen it all . . . Boom, Shaka-Laka! . . . the California Legislature does it again! The following is from the Washington Post via the WAPO wannabe, The San Diego Union Tribune, “Woman in U.S. Illegally Named to State Post,” and the article notes that the California Senate Rules Committee approved to nomination of Lizbeth Mateo to the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee (Cal-SOAP).
Now indeed Lizbeth Mateo is no ordinary illegal. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and was brought from Mexico to Los Angeles, presumably by her parents, at age 14. When she got here she did not speak English, but eventually was able to finish high school, college and ultimately law school at Santa Clara. Wow! I have to tell you that I am impressed, and have nothing but respect and admiration for her accomplishments. Since she was brought to the U.S.A. by her parents, I am assuming that she is a “dreamer.” If all “dreamers”were like this, thee U.S. might come out a huge winner by accepting all of the dreamers. The problem, however, is that not all of the potential D.A.C.A. recipients are of this caliber. In fact, in general, this is actually far from the case. According to Steven Camarota, the research director for the Center for Immigration Studies, only 1/3 graduate from high school, and only 1/7 have two or more years of college. In addition according to the Congressional Budget Office, granting amnesty to the D.A.C.A. recipients would add $26 billion to the deficit over the next decade. Perhaps this is because 54% of D.A.C.A. families collect some sort of welfare and their poverty rate is twice that of the general population.
Unfortunately, all of talk about dreamers has distracted me from the scary nightmare, which is that the California Legislature has appointed an illegal alien to a state post.

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