Letters to the editor
August 9, 2024
Dual enrollment in Georgia is a taxpayer-funded program on which immigration expert D.A. King has been sounding the alarm for several years. As usual, he is completely correct. Starting now, legislators should be pushed to finally fix this ridiculous mess in the 2025 session.
From the College of Coastal Georgia website:“The Dual Enrollment program is a state-funded program for eligible Georgia high school (public, private and approved home-study) students that provides opportunities for eligible high school students to enroll, earning both high school and college credit via part-time or full-time enrollment. Tuition, books and mandatory fees are paid by the Dual Enrollment program.”
What a great migration destination! Totally free college classes and no worries about books and fees. There is no exclusion for illegal alien students. The program is presented and shielded by the Gov. Kemp-led “No. 1 for Business” Chamber of Commerce, Gold Dome crowd as an invaluable tool to increase the skilled workforce. While dutiful Republican legislators under Kemp’s thumb likely haven’t considered it, the fact is that it is a federal offense to hire an illegal alien. Georgia taxpayers are funding a no-cost college education for foreigners who cannot work legally anywhere in the USA.
Robert Trent
St. Marys
Note: Bob Trent is a former Border Patrol Agent, INS agent and retired as Assistant Director, Enforcement Training, U.S. Immigration Officer Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA.
