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Why aid for immigrants?

Tue., March 26, 2013

It is my understanding that the government wants to raise taxes, make it so the seniors pay more for their Medicare premiums and/or drugs, while the Washington state House of Representatives has just passed a measure to give young illegal immigrants state college financial aid.

I would think that the illegal immigrants get much more than our poor here in the United States: i.e. housing, food stamps, medical and now an education.

Many of our kids would die to have state college financial aid. It just doesn’t make any sense to me, but then I am not so wealthy that any of this will never touch me.

Carleen Reilly

Nine Mile Falls

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