Sanctuary Campuses: Should Colleges that don't comply with Immigration Law NOT get Federal Funding?

12/21/2016

No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act

This bill would prohibit federal funding for student loans and grants to colleges and universities that adopt “sanctuary campus” policies and refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Specifically, funding from Title IV of the Higher Education Act would be cut off, which funds the Direct Loan, Federal Perkins Loan, and Pell Grant programs among others.

In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to deny federal law enforcement funding to sanctuary cities that don’t comply with federal immigration law, numerous colleges and universities across the country have declared themselves sanctuaries as well. At least 28 higher education institutions have declared themselves to be sanctuary campuses so far.

A “sanctuary campus” would be defined as any college or university that:

Has a policy preventing personnel from providing information about immigration status to federal authorities, or blocks compliance with requests for information from the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS);
Admits or harbors an unauthorized immigrant;
Provides an unauthorized immigrant with a benefit based on their residence (like in-state tuition) to the same extent that a U.S. citizen would be eligible to receive;
Has a policy restricting DHS from accessing the campus or students on campuses for recruiting in a manner that any other employer could.

An institution of higher education wouldn’t be considered a sanctuary campus solely based on having a policy that prohibits its staff from reporting an unauthorized immigrant who comes forward as a crime victim or witness.
If this bill is enacted, it wouldn’t take effect for 90 days, so colleges and universities would have time to potentially change their campus policies to comply with this legislation.

My private company which violates federal law is no longer eligible for Small Business Administration funding. Why is a college ay different?

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Argument In Favor

Argument Opposed

Colleges and universities that refuse to comply with immigration law should have their federal funding for student loans and grants cut off. If the people who live in that state support that policy, they can pick up that tab.

It would be incredibly spiteful to deny institutions of higher education access to loans that enable more students to further themselves academically simply because the school doesn’t want to help deport unauthorized immigrants.

Analysis

It is theft to allow anyone in the world access to US taxpayer money. When an illegal immigrant comes into the U.S. and gets taxpayer funds in order to go to college, the taxpayer suffers unjustly.

Government is responsible in the protection of life, liberty, and property. Taxpayer money is property.

The "Argument Opposed" is written with an emotional appeal fallacy. Because, of course, voting yay would be "spiteful". It also claims that it would affect colleges just 'because the school doesn’t want to help deport unauthorized immigrants'.

In fact, nowhere does it say the college will assist in deporting illegal immigrants. This bill intends to negatively incentivized those colleges that are going out of there way to get funding from the IS taxpayer for their illegal immigrant students.

Why would a University want to be a sanctuary college? Because it expands their market (student population). And with an expanded market comes greater profits and a better bottom line. And where does this taxpayer money go? Why, it's spent THERE AT THE UNIVERSITY thus lining their own pockets.

And they say greed is a unique trait of the Right...

Other comments:

Why should people who pay taxes be paying for students who do not pay taxes?
Noncompliance or outright refusal to comply with federal immigration law is, most definitely, grounds for denial of federal funding. Immigration is one of the few areas where it's the federal government's business to be involved.
Sanctuary Colleges are not above the law and should be fined for non-compliance as well.
Noone has a right to be here unless you are born in America or you come here legally. "Sanctuaries" are doing the equivalent of what the Segregationist Democrats did when they tried to ignore Federal Law and stop Black Americans from going to public schools. If you don't like the law, agitate to have the law revoked.

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