The economic and social burden of illegal immigrants is a problem for every taxpaying U.S. citizen. Sen. Orrin Hatch's bill, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, to allow illegal aliens to receive federal grants and loans for college and in-state tuition is the wrong policy. It promotes illegal immigration, rewards those who break the law, and provides special privileges that are not accorded to native-born Americans.
My grandson, an American-born citizen, paid out-of-state tuition for four years' study at a Utah university. Are illegal aliens more deserving of an educational benefit than my grandson?
Marie Jones
Salt Lake City
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Although this scanning provides an opportunity to aid in drug arrests, the legal protections against misuse of this information is not yet reliable enough to earn our trust.
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U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts faces an intimidating situation: support Obamacare and cheered for it, or reject it and be seen as a partisan who has delegitimized the court.
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