Tuition benefits in Maryland

A story reporting that a measure being proposed by Maryland Democrats that would offer in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented immigrants who have attended state high schools and whose parents are taxpayers inspired a heavy volume of comments from PostLocal.com readers.

dtyler: I am a black female taxpayer who was born in Maryland and whose family moved to the District after my birth. As a taxpayer, I can't get free schooling, so what makes illegals think they should be entitled to free schooling?

eklektra: I suspect this bill will die, as do many others that are introduced each year.

JoeCitizen: No NO NO! Those who break the law even unintentionally have broken the law.

Blame the parents who brought them here ILLEGALLY. No free passes. Get in line at INS for starters, and work it from there. That is the LEGAL process.

great81: Bravo, Maryland.

margd1: I don't think U.S. taxpayers should be subsidizing educations of noncitizens at any point, not just in college. But since all these people are here, I'd rather they were educated than not.

neil64: Illegal immigrants are entitled to nothing other than deportation.

crilling2: I'm liberal, but this is such a no-brainer. Illegal immigrants should, at the very least, be paying out-of-state tuition. Period.

AtTheBeach1: I don't like the idea of giving them tuition benefits, but I would find it particularly revolting and absurd if they were to be admitted to these schools preferentially.