From the New York Daily News: New York City plans to spend $18 million over the next two years to help immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children land legal jobs and get driver’s licenses.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — flexing the power of her office in the midst of a tough election fight as she runs for mayor — will announce the effort Wednesday.
It’s geared toward helping more young New Yorkers qualify for President Barack Obama’s year-old Deferred Action for Childhood initiative, which lets undocumented immigrants who came the U.S. before age 16 and were younger than 31 on June 15, 2012, get driver’s licenses and Social Security cards.
As many as 79,000 New Yorkers meet the age and immigration requirements for the program, Quinn says, but as many as 16,000 of them could be disqualified because the strict program requires applicants to have graduated from high school, earned a GED or be currently working toward a diploma.
The $18 million from the City Council will fund adult education classes and GED programs for people who need help meeting the education requirements.
“We can’t let the opportunity … fall short because we didn’t do what we need to do,” Quinn (D-Manhattan) told the Daily News. “We’re talking about children who were brought here by their parents ... They’re New Yorkers, for God’s sakes.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-shell-18m-aid-immigrant-youths-article-1.1400673#ixzz2ZITend00
First, they are not New Yorkers, they are just visitors until they get a legal status.
Right now, the unemployment rate in New York City is about 7.7%.
Why not spend $18,000,000 on helping those people, who are here legally, finding a job first?
Another reason to hate New York City.
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