Some States are passing Bills Granting ILLEGALS Rights and Privileges

And in My opinion showing a total disregard for the Rule of Law in doing so.

Will someone tell me what I'm missing here and how this is a deterrent for other foreigners to come here illegally?

While Congress mulls an immigration overhaul, state legislatures across the country are passing bills aimed at integrating illegal immigrants rather than cracking down on them.

Last week, New Jersey joined at least 18 states in approving laws or policies allowing undocumented youngsters to pay in-state college tuition, rather than the higher out-of-state rate. Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, said at a bill-signing that the measure would maximize the investment the state has made in undocumented students, whose K-12 schooling is financed by New Jersey taxpayers.

At the other side of the country last week, the House in Washington state passed a measure that would enable undocumented college students to qualify for state financial aid, a measure the state Senate is expected to back. 

Colorado, Minnesota and Oregon also extended in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants last year. Meantime, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon and Vermont approved access to driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, bringing to 13 the number of states that allow it.

"There is a move away from enforcement measures to measures that support immigrants, such as in-state tuition and driver's licenses," said Ann Morse, director of the National Conference of State Legislatures' immigration policy project. The group will release a report Tuesday about the laws and resolutions passed by states in 2013. 

Supporters of the immigrant-friendly bills say that educating youngsters will bolster state coffers as graduates earn good salaries and pay taxes, while issuing licenses to all motorists improves highway safety and fosters better relations between immigrants and law enforcement.

"Immigrant-inclusive laws are not only sound policy, they are also good politics," said Tanya Broder, senior attorney at the National Immigration Law Center, an immigrant-rights group. "We expect this momentum to continue in the coming year."   

Opponents say giving undocumented immigrants any benefits rewards illegal behavior, encourages more illegal immigration and saps scarce resources from states.

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