JuanCarlos, you are just trying to muddy the issue with facts.
Of course Huckabee must have been talking about creating special illegal alien scholarships unavailable to citizens because that is a worst case scenario and we can vilify him for it without any thought. To suggest that he really said what he said and should not be misrepresented is just wrong.
I know, I do that from time to time. Of course, sometimes I do the opposite; inject emotion into the issue to the disdain of many...but even then I try to make sure that emotion is based on, you know, the
facts.
Not wanting to extend existing scholarships previously available to citizens to illegal aliens (which, obviously, is what the children of illegal aliens that weren't born here still are) is a perfectly valid position. I may or may not agree with it, but I can absolutely understand it. So I see no reason to try and twist the issue into something it isn't so that you can try to get people to really
really hate it.
Just to clarify
my opinion on the matter:
I think that extending these scholarships to the children of illegal aliens isn't the worst idea ever, provided additional (and stringently enforced) standards are applied. For instance, I'm assuming these are academically based and if they aren't they need to be. The student should have a clean criminal record and be applying for citizenship (already mentioned). The student should have an above-average written and spoken grasp of the English language, and I'd say the student should have attended school here for at least 10 years or so. Maybe require that they have done a full 12 years in American schools.
Given all of the above, I'd say you're looking at a person who is about as invested in this country and about as likely to contribute to it as most natural citizens, and probably more so than many. This is exactly the kind of person we
should be extending an opportunity of citizenship to, and making the assumption that financial aid in general is beneficial I see no reason they should be excluded.
Actually, "no reason" isn't accurate. Just no compelling one.