Missouri governor Jay Nixon vetoes a bill limiting scholarships for illegal immigrants. Some are upset feeling it takes away from legal US and state residents.
This from a governor who's state was ravaged by riots in Ferguson last year in which many believe poverty to be one of the biggest factors among it's own legal population.
Illegal immigrants...i.e. Mexicans...are not much of a problem in Missouri. The total Hispanic population in the state is less than 4%. There are probably a few bad apples, but the vast majority of the Hispanics here are here to work hard and try to make a better life for themselves and their families. In many cases, they have taken some of the nasty jobs that many of our residents seem to not want. In our immediate area, there is a big Tyson foods poultry processing plant that seems to be largely staffed with Mexican workers...cutting up bloody chickens and turkeys day after day. If the ICE raided that plant, they could probably cart off illegals by the bus loads.
Nixon's feeling is that the children of these workers should not be punished for their parents coming here illegally, and If those kids are doing well in school, and trying to better themselves, they should be given the opportunity to do so.
There is very little than can be considered "similar" between our Hispanics, and those who tried to destroy Ferguson. It's pretty rare to hear of someone with a Spanish name being charged with a crime, on the local news. However, that same news is constantly reporting issues with the Black population...in virtually every urban area.
I don't like the idea of our porous border, and the drugs, etc., that flow across it, but Missouri is not having anywhere near the problems with illegals, and Hispanic drug gangs, that places like California seem to have.
