Ban adds to our bitter taste of discrimination
As the AJC recently reported (“Committee passes bill banning illegal immigrants from Ga. public colleges,” ajc.com, Feb. 22), if SB 458 is approved, a large number of Georgia high school graduates will be denied access to a post-secondary education in Georgia public colleges.
Undocumented students who (against all statistics) want to pursue post-secondary education are proof of Georgia’s k-12 system success. They should be rewarded (not punished) by the state.
This electoral year offers us discussion and arbitrary numbers regarding the cost of immigration. Are we willing to afford the moral cost of an admissions process to post-secondary education that is no longer based on academic qualifications?
This ban does not offer a solution to a broken immigration system — but adds to our history the bitter taste of discrimination.
Betina Kaplan, Athens
We should pull out, let them attack their own
Regarding the recent riots in Afghanistan, it is time to pull out of this hellhole, and let these tribes tear each other apart.
We need to make one thing clear on leaving: that we have the coordinates on every square inch of this country — and will respond decisively to any “hot spot” terrorist site without hesitation.
Grant Essex, Woodstock
Money, military won’t fix Afghanistan’s ills
The recent riots and killings in Afghanistan do not put the U.S. exit plan in doubt, but validate the need to end our government’s strategy after a decade of failure.
U.S. taxpayer dollars and military force are not the answers to Afghanistan’s problems. Americans have sacrificed for years to help the people of Afghanistan.
The result is that more people hate us and chant, “death to America.” I hear the Chinese are welcome in Afghanistan. What are they doing right?
Tony Gardner, Cumming
Our jobs depend on solving area’s gridlock
Regarding “NAACP: No rail line yields tax opposition” (Opinion, Feb. 28), we need to move beyond just a focus on local community transportation challenges and take a regional outlook regarding transportation.
Our jobs depend on solving regional gridlock. Our jobs depend on the employees of our clients, suppliers, buyers and others getting to work across the metro area — not just one county or city.
The leaders of the local governments in the region agreeing on a transportation plan was a courageous first step. It’s the only plan that has a chance of getting started for years to come.
The next step is for the rest of us to have an equally regional focus. Our jobs will depend on it.
Alec Fraser, Atlanta
