If you immigrate legally and are going through the naturalization process, or are here on a visa, you are ineligible for government financial help. You have to be able to take care of yourself. Unlike with migrants/illegals. In this case, the parents are illegally present in the U.S. and had at least one anchor baby in an attempt to not get deported
College-bound students fear ‘outing’ undocumented parents on FAFSA financial aid form
A few days before winter break, Lynda McGee, a college counselor at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles Unified, got an unexpected visit from a student’s father.
The man, a warehouse worker who emigrated from Guatemala 28 years ago, wanted to make sure that McGee knew his wishes firsthand.
“My daughter going to college is more important than my risk of deportation,” he said in Spanish as the student, a high school senior, translated.
He’s been here 28 years and hasn’t learned English? Really? I mean, that is like an intentional attempt to refuse to assimilate.
He insisted that McGee help the teen, a U.S.-born citizen, fill out the FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is used by college-bound students to calculate all-important financial aid packages. But the application asks for parents’ Social Security numbers, which the father does not have because he is not a legal resident. A missing number could be a red flag about the father’s immigration status ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to track down and deport undocumented immigrants.
“Unfortunately, I have dozens of students in this same situation,” McGee said. “They have to choose between their future and that of their parents.”
They need to be blaming the parents for that.
Submitting financial aid forms this college application season has become a potentially life-altering family decision for California high school seniors with undocumented parents — a predicament also faced by many college students because FAFSA forms generally must be submitted annually to determine ongoing aid.
Their parents put them in this situation.
One of the top pupils in her class, the student lives with her parents in Koreatown and dreams of one day working in the film industry. She’s applied to UCLA, Stanford, Cornell and several Cal State campuses. But she has hit pause on submitting the FAFSA because of fear it could hurt her family.
“Why does Trump getting elected mean I might have to suffer as a citizen for my parents’ choice of moving to a better life in America?” said the student, who requested that her name be withheld to avoid identifying her parents.
See, it’s Trump’s fault that her parents broke US law and continue to break the law by being illegally present in the U.S. Oh, hey, perhaps she might have considered getting a job to earn the money to pay for college? Oh, right, because the next thing is that she’s demanding that her student loan debt be cancelled.
Meanwhile
Mayor Eric Adams is pushing the feds to charge the sadistic Guatemalan migrant who torched a woman to death on the subway – in the latest move he’s willing to open up the sanctuary city to the incoming Trump administration.
Federal arson charges against firebug Sebastian Zapete-Calil would be piled on top of local murder and arson charges against the illegal immigrant, who’s already facing at the hands of Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea for the Biden-Harris admin to sic the lawfare dogs on Adams, since he now seems to want to cooperate with Trump on illegal immigration. Oh, and
Illegal immigrant arrested in Massachusetts migrant motel with AR-15, kilos of fentanyl
A Dominican illegal immigrant staying at a migrant motel in Revere is being held in jail after being charged with 11 counts including possession of an AR-15 and nearly five kilos of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $1 million.
Is this the kind of guy that Mass. Gov Maura Healey wants to protect?
Likely just another LA Times story that was just made up. Journalists make stuff up all the time to meet a deadline or to shape a political debate in a favorable light.
Been here 28 years and still wants free stuff (that is what financial aid is).
“FBI baffled terrorist attack occurred as they imprisoned all Jan. 6 attendees…”
A classic..BB
Tough.
I see no problem with anchor babies go back to the parents original country with the parents when they are rounded up and shipped.