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How California taxpayers reward illegal immigration

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California has decided that being in the country illegally should not stand in the way of getting help from California taxpayers to pay for college.

That should stop you cold.

Illegal immigrants are barred from receiving federal student aid. Democrats in Sacramento looked at that restriction and essentially said, “No problem. We’ll create our own system.”

California now gives illegal immigrants access to taxpayer-funded grants, tuition assistance, fee waivers and even state-backed student loans.

This is not compassion. It is a deliberate policy of rewarding illegal immigration.

A sovereign country has the right to decide who may enter and who may stay. Millions of people around the world respect that process. They apply, pay the fees and wait. 

Illegal immigration, by definition, does not.

Yet California politicians have spent years trying to make that distinction matter less.

Consider higher education.

The California Dream Act Application allows illegal immigrants and other qualifying noncitizens to apply for state financial aid. They may qualify for Cal Grants, university grants, community-college fee waivers and other assistance.

Some of that aid pays tuition. Some can help cover rent, food, transportation and books.

California even created a Dream Loan program because illegal immigrants cannot receive federal student loans.

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