Undocumented College Students

This is what I found about the Dream Act by giving an immigrate the opportunity to get and education as well as receiving a higher education.

"The DREAM Act would also repeal section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which currently discourages states from providing in-state tuition or other higher education benefits without regard to immigration status.Under section 505, states that provide a higher education benefit based on residency to undocumented immigrants must provide the same benefit to U.S. citizens in the same circumstances, regardless of their state of residence.Since section 505 became law, ten states have enacted laws permitting anyone, including undocumented immigrants, who attended and graduated from high school in the state to pay the in-state rate at public colleges and universities."

The ten states are Texas, California, Utah,
Washington, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, and Nebraska. These ten states are states that have a large population on Latino, Hispanic, or Mexican Americans that our undocumented; with that in mind most seek a better life and a opportunity here in the United States, but not given in all 50 states. Iowa does not offer that opportunity.

Last Friday on the radio show, there was a comment said by a Caucasian male "some times we think about, how Mexican/Latino/Hispanic students take scholarships away from white students, and most of them are on welfare because they can't hold a job."
I can admit that I got angered by the comment. But what most people don't see that if it wasn't for minority students' that are enrolled in a 2 year or 4 year institution they would be shut down or not give funds due to low enrollment of minorities and the retention those student do to not graduating.

These states all pay the section 505 penalty by providing the same in-state discount rate to current residents of other states who previously went to high school and graduated in the state. The DREAM Act
would repeal this penalty. This would not require states to provide in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, but rather would restore this decision to the states without encumbrance."

http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/dream/dream-bills-summary-2009-03-31.pdf

The United States Department of Education gives University/Colleges (2/4 year) more money for a minority students because of low enrollment of minorities. So in a way it is using and selling the idea of a dreams act is false due to economical gain for university/colleges.

I found a pdf file on the U.S department of education. I am not say that is right or wrong but it needs to be said different in we can read between the lines.
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/eligibility2010.pdf

PART II - INSTITUTIONAL ENROLLMENT
ITEM 1. TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL ENROLLMENT (Fall 2007 Head Count)
Determine the institution's 2007 fall semester head count of enrolled undergraduate and graduate students.
Do not include foreign students who are not eligible to participate in Title IV need-based financial assistance programs.
Enter this number in the space provided.
ITEM 2. TOTAL MINORITY ENROLLMENT (Fall 2007 Head Count)
Determine the institution's 2007 fall semester head count of enrolled minority undergraduate and graduate students.
Do not include foreign students who are not eligible to participate in Title IV need-based financial assistance programs.
The regulations at 34 CFR Part 606.7(b) and Part 607.7(e) define minority student to mean a student who is Alaska Native, American Indian, Asian-American, Black (African-American), Hispanic American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
Enter this number in the space provided.

PART III - INSTITUTIONAL STATISTICS
ITEM 1. NEEDY STUDENT REQUIREMENT
Fill out Part III, Items 1A through 1D, using the following instructions.
ITEM 1.A. FALL 2007 HEAD COUNT ENROLLMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE STUDENTS
Determine the institution's total 2007 fall semester head count of undergraduate and graduate students who were enrolled in a degree program. The regulations at 34 CFR Part 606.7(b) and at 34 CFR Part 607.7(e) define ”degree student” to mean a student who enrolls at an institution for the purpose of obtaining the degree, certificate or other recognized educational credential offered by that institution. We consider the transcript that a student receives for the successful completion of a two-year transfer program to be an “other recognized educational credential.”
Do not include foreign students who are not eligible to participate in Title IV need-based assistance programs.
In determining the undergraduate student head count, include all undergraduate students who were enrolled in a program that result in the award of a bachelor’s degree. Include those enrolled in a two-year transfer program, and those enrolled in a two-year educational program that results in the award of an associate degree. Include those enrolled in a vocational or technical program of at least two years in length that result in the award of a certificate that testifies that the student qualifies to work as a technician or at the semiprofessional level in technological fields.
Enter the total in the space provided under Part III, Item 1.A.
ITEM 1.B. FALL 2007 RECIPIENTS OF TITLE IV NEED-BASED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Determine the institution's total 2007 fall semester unduplicated student head count of degree students who received any of the following Title IV need-based assistance: Federal Pell Grant, Federal College Work Study, Federal Perkins Loan or Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant. To compute the unduplicated student head count, count each student who received Title IV need-based assistance, regardless of the number of need-based programs in which the student participated. If a student participates in multiple need-based programs, that student is to be counted only once.
Enter the total in the space provided under item Part III, Item 1.B.

ITEM 1.C. FALL 2007 ENROLLMENT OF HALF TIME, UP TO AND INCLUDING FULL-TIME, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Determine the institution's total 2007 fall semester undergraduate head count of students who were enrolled at least half time in degree programs at your institution.
Do not include foreign students who are not eligible for Title IV need-based financial assistance.
Enter the total in the space provided under Part III, Item 1.C.
ITEM 1.D. FALL 2007 PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS ONLY
Determine your institution's total 2007 fall semester undergraduate head count of students who received Pell Grants for the 2007-2008 academic term. Include Pell Grant recipients who were enrolled in a program on at least a half-time basis.
Enter the total undergraduate head count of Pell Grant recipients in the space provided under Part III, Item 1.D.
ITEM 2. EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL (E&G) EXPENDITURES REQUIREMENT
Use the following instructions to complete items 2.A through 2.D.
ITEM 2.A. UNDERGRADUATE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, FALL 2007 ENROLLMENT
Determine your institution's full-time equivalent (FTE) 2007 fall semester enrollment of undergraduate students. The regulations at 34 CFR Part 606.7(b) and 34 CFR Part 607.7(e) describe how you are to calculate your full-time equivalent enrollment and the instructions below paraphrase those regulations.
Whatever the full-time load is at your institution, count a full-time undergraduate student as one FTE.
To determine the FTE for part-time undergraduate students, enter the total number of credit hours of all part-time undergraduate students. That number will automatically be divided by 12. The result is the FTE for part-time undergraduate students.
The system will then add the total (full-time plus part-time) undergraduate students. The result is the total number of undergraduate FTE equivalent FY 2007 enrollment.
NOTE: This number should not exceed the total institutional enrollment entered under Part II, Item 1.

ITEM 2.B. GRADUATE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT 2007 FALL ENROLLMENT
Determine the institution's full-time equivalent 2007 fall semester enrollment of graduate students, if any, including both full-time and part-time students, as explained here.
Whatever the full-time load is at your institution, count a full-time graduate student as one FTE.
To determine the FTE for part-time graduate students, enter the total number of credit hours of all part-time graduate students. That number will automatically be divided by 12. The result is the FTE for part-time graduate students.
To calculate the total graduate FTE, add the FTE of full-time graduate students and the FTE of part-time graduate students, and then divide this total by a factor of 2.5. This final figure is the graduate FTE. The use of the 2.5 factor is required by the Department’s regulations at 34 CFR 606.4(a)(2) and 607.4(a)(2) to account for higher educational and general expenditures for graduate versus undergraduate students.
The system will then add the total (full-time plus part-time) graduate students. The result is the total number of graduate FTE equivalent FY 2007 enrollment.
ITEM 2.C. TOTAL EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES
Determine the institution's E&G expenditures for 2007-2008. The regulations at 34 CFR Part 606.7(b) and 34 CFR Part 607.7(e) define E&G expenditures as the total amount expended by an institution of higher education for: instruction, research, public service, academic support (including library expenditures), student services, institutional support, scholarships and fellowships, operation and maintenance expenditures for physical plant, and any mandatory transfers which the institution is required to pay by law. In determining the institution's E&G expenditures, total these costs. Do not include Federal student financial aid.
Enter the total 2007-2008 E&G expenditures in the space provided under Part III, Item 2.C.
ITEM 2.D. AVERAGE EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES PER FTE STUDENT
The system will calculate for you the institution's average E&G expenditures per FTE for 2007-2008.

PART IV. SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
ITEM 1. NEEDY STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
Use the following calculations to determine whether your institution meets the needy student requirement in at least one of two possible ways.
YOUR INSTITUTION MEETS THE NEEDY STUDENT REQUIREMENT IF:
A. At least 50% of its 2007 fall semester, unduplicated student head count of undergraduate degree students received financial assistance under one or more of the following programs: Federal Pell Grant, Federal College Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan or Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs (Part III, 1B).
B. The percentage of its 2007 fall semester, undergraduate degree students who were enrolled on at least a half-time basis and received Federal Pell Grants exceeded the median percentage of undergraduate degree students who were enrolled on at least a half-time basis and received Federal Pell Grants at comparable institutions that offered similar instruction (Part III, 1D).

ITEM 1. A. AT LEAST 50% OR MORE OF FALL 2007 DEGREE STUDENTS WERE RECIPIENTS OF NEED-BASED FINANCIAL SUPPORT
If your institution meets the needy student requirement because 50 percent or more of its 2007 fall semester, enrolled degree students received the above-mentioned Title IV need-based financial assistance, fill in the bubble next to Part IV, Item 1.A. If the percentage turns out to be less than 50%, leave the bubble blank next to Part IV, Item 1.A.
EXAMPLE: Needy Student Calculation (Bubble A)
To determine whether your institution meets the statutory needy student requirement for 2007-2008, divide the number of 2007 fall semester, Title IV recipients (Part III, Item 1.B) by the 2007 fall semester enrollment of degree students (Part III, Item 1.A). The result (Part III, 1.B., divided by Part III, 1.A) is the percentage of needy students enrolled in the institution for the base year. If the result is 50 percent or more, your institution meets the statutory needy student requirement threshold. The regulations at 34 CFR Part 606.3(a)(1) and at 34 CFR Part 607.3(a)(1) describe the needy student requirement.

What do you think and how does it make you feel?