From: "Mario A. Caro" <ario-AT-uhura.cc.rochester.edu> Subject: Loan legistation Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 07:55:36 -0400 (EDT) This is in resoponse to the person who requested the message I forwarded to the group on proposed legislation that would prevent anyone other than U.S. born citizens from being eligible for financial aid. Please note: Most of these lists have an archive. I was able to retrieve this from gopher://jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU:70/11/pubs/listservs/spoons/postcolonial.archive for the third-world women archive use the same addess but substitute the following after /spoons/: third-world-women.archive Mario A. Caro Visual and Cultural Studies University of Rochester and Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis University of Amsterdam ario-AT-uhura.cc.rochester.edu > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 22:00:54 CDT > > From: Naeem Mohaiemen <naeem-AT-ix.netcom.com> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L <ACTIV-L-AT-MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU> > > Subject: URGENT: HR-4 TO BLOCK AID FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS > > > > Subject: No Financial Aid for Non-US born Citizens/Residents!!??!! > > Dear DNS faculty, students and staff: I am forwarding the following > > message regarding pending legislation that would restrict student aid > > to anyone who is not 'born' in the US, regardless of their resident > > status (even naturalized US citizens). The implications of this > > legislation are far reaching, not just for the quality of our student > > pool, but more so as a reflection of a growing xenophobia in this > > country. Please consider these another implications of this > > legislation and contact your representatives in the Senator and House. > > > > Thank you > > > > Jere Haas > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > RE: No Financial Aid for Non-US born Citizens/Residents > > > > Whether or not you were born in the US, the following is some > > information which important to us all. Spread the word. > > > > I thought the following issue would interest you. It hasn't received > > much attention yet, because it's still a bill going through Congress. > > What it all boils down to is this: If HR-4 passes, students who are > > permanent residents, even NATURALIZED U.S. citizens, will no longer be > > eligible for financial aid -- Stafford loans, Perkins loans, Pell > > grants, etc., even though these citizens and LEGAL immigrants have been > > paying taxes all along. The qualifying factor for student financial > > aid, according to 4HR-4, is having been BORN in the United States. > > NOTE: This is no longer an attack on illegal "aliens", but on people > > who have entered the country LEGITIMATELY and who are trying to > > continue their contribution to this society through attainment of > > higher education. > > > > PLEASE help increase awareness of this issue by letting as many people > > as you can know about what Congress is attempting, and contact/write to > > the senators and representatives of your district to express your > > position on the matter. We need to kill the bill at its early stages. > > > > WARNING: THE US GOVERNMENT WANTS TO TAKE FINANCIAL AID FROM STUDENTS > > > > In addition to a bill recently passed in the Senate to cut Federal > > loans programs by $10 billion, the Senate and the House have both > > passed bills that will effectively curtail student aid benefits to > > LEGAL immigrants, including Pell grants, subsidized Stafford loans, and > > other federal financial aid programs. > > > > These proposed cuts, hidden deep within a welfare reform bill (HR 4), > > are to be achieved through a process known as "Alien Sponsor Deeming", > > in which the income and assets of an immigrant's sponsor are added to > > the immigrant's own resources in determining eligibility for government > > financial aid programs. Since most immigrants must have a sponsor in > > order to immigrate here legally, deeming would disqualify many legal > > immigrants from receiving aid by falsely inflating their income and > > wealth. > > > > WHO WILL BE AFFECTED? > > > > *A new draft report issued this month by the General Accounting Office > > in Washington, D.C. states that 390,000 legal immigrants received Pell > > grants nationwide in 1992-93. The Pell grant program is designed to > > help the neediest students and has a maximum award of $2,340 per year. > > > > *In California, legal immigrants make up 32.6% of Pell grant > > recipients. An analysis performed by the UC president's office found > > that more than 25% of UC students who receive need-based aid are legal > > immigrants. > > > > *In New York, legal immigrants make up 26.5% of Pell grant recipients. > > In Florida, the total is nearly 16%. > > > > *The Senate version of this bill (S. 269) would also restrict aid for > > naturalized citizens. > > > > *The bills now under consideration would essentially affect anyone who > > was not born in the United States. > > > > *A total of $21 million in Pell grants and $31 million in subsidized > > loans could be lost among the nine UC campuses alone. These > > restrictions will affect private colleges as well. > > > > *As Permanent Residents of the United States, legal immigrants have > > been eligible for federal financial aid for many years. > > > > *Permanent Residents pay federal income taxes and are subject to the > > draft. > > > > *The bills now being considered by a Joint Committee of the House and > > Senate would restrict benefits to many legal immigrants by changing > > eligibility requirements. > > > > *Two classes of citizens would be created, and legal immigrants would > > effectively be denied opportunities for higher education. > > > > WHAT CAN YOU DO? > > > > A list of those members of Congress who are on the Joint Committee > > considering these bills will soon be made available. We will try to > > organize letter-writing, faxing, calling, and emailing campaigns. We > > will also try to get in touch with local and national news media. > > Ethnic newspapers definitely need to be targeted. > > > > More specific information on what you can do will be coming in the next > > few days. If you are interested in working on this issue or getting > > more information, contact the ASUC Executive Vice President's Office > > at: > > > > Phone: (510) 643-9830 > > Fax: (510) 643-6396 > > Email: urd-AT-uclink2.berkeley.edu > > asucexec-AT-ocf.berkeley.edu > > > > Thanks for your attention and support!!! > > > > Felicia Sze, ASUC EVP > > Elaine Kwei, Interns Coordinator-ASUC EVP > > Carolyn Lee, Asian Pacific Islander Students for Affirmative Action > > > > ,|, "GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND, AND I'LL MOVE THE EARTH" > > (o o) ---- Archimedes (long, long ago) > > (_) ---- Miguel Don Green (now and forever) > > < |"| > > """ http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~donmigl > > _\ /_ P.O. Box 7368, Stanford, CA 94309 > > > > Jere D. Haas, Ph.D. > > The Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor > > of Maternal & Child Nutrition > > Division of Nutritional Sciences > > Savage Hall #211 > > Cornell University > > Ithaca, New York 14853-6301, U.S.A. > > Telephone: 607-255-8001 > > Fax: 607-255-2608 > > E-mail: jdh12-AT-cornell.edu > > > > Barrie Thorne Office phone: 510-643-1073 > > Dept. of Sociology Office fax: 510-642-0659 > > 410 Barrows Hall > > Univ. of California Home phone: 510-549-0803 > > Berkeley CA 94720 Home fax: 510-845-4030 > > > > -- > > > > Naeem Mohaiemen > > naeem-AT-ix.netcom.com > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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