College support illegal immigrant students under Social Justice…. What about legal justice!

USA Today 05 /04/ 12 Mary Beth Marklein

“College look at immigrants: More institutions look at policies to handle qualified student candidates who happen to be here illegally”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-05-07/college-policies-undocumented-students/54819830/1

Social justice is central to the mission of Dominican University, a small private Catholic college in suburban Chicago. Serving poor immigrants is part of its history.

So as the school began to get more applications where Social Security numbers weren't provided, there was never a question of turning qualified undocumented students away, President Donna Carroll says. This year, the school pulled together $274,000 in financial aid for 17 undocumented students. Despite pushback from some donors and alumni, Carroll says her only regret is that she can't help more students.

Each year, about 65,000 undocumented students graduate from U.S. high schools, says a report by the College Board. The American Association of State Colleges and Universities estimates that between 5% and 10% go on to college.

At Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where tuition alone will run about $43,000 next year, a student group this spring raised $10,000 to help an undocumented classmate pay tuition. It's also calling on its administration to offer scholarships, work-study options and advising for undocumented students.

At Haverford College, just outside Philadelphia, students recently passed a resolution asking the school to give undocumented students "fair, need-blind admissions consideration."

Raj Kannappan, 21, president of Cornell's College Republicans, says that if Cornell offers financial aid for undocumented students, "there's going to have to be a justification for why that aid can't go to students who are enrolled legally." But he doesn't expect much to happen in favor of undocumented students. "There's a lot of talk about it, but no one's really doing anything about it because a lot of people would not be in favor," he says.

Common Sense Review

I don’t have a problem with the school raising fund to pay tuition for these kids to go to college.  The problem lies in not just they are here illegally but even after the school realizes they are illegal immigrants they don’t help them to get their citizenship.

Social Justice is not kindness given by the church, yet it is a flawed premise that in life everything is equal and fair and it is not. Even though the history of the Catholic Church has given sanctuary to those accused of a crime doesn’t justify the sudo action being taken today. How can you build the support of the community when you don’t consider the values of the law that protects the community but in still encourage by the lack of action to continue the illegal acts.  

Being an American is a privilege and we all have to work for the privilege.  It is time we show that being an American is such a privilege that people would be willing to work to become an American.