IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 13, 2024
Press Contact
Chairman Ben Proto
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CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITIES TRYING TO FIND
"CREATIVE WAYS" TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO PAY UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
MIDDLETOWN — Connecticut universities are attempting to find “creative ways” to get undocumented students “paid jobs”. These “creative ways” must include the ability to pay the undocumented students without a need for a social security number, or other ways that don’t mention employment or tax status.
“While students from other countries are always welcome to study at our great universities, particularly those in Connecticut, it seems counterintuitive to have students who do not have any type of documentation to be in the United States, let alone a simple student visa that would, not only allow them to study in the United States, but also to hold on campus employment during their first year, and off campus employment in subsequent years” said Republican State Chairman Ben Proto.
“The continued use of taxpayer money to circumvent the law, is antithetical to what the government should be doing. Democrats in the legislature talk about getting rid of the fiscal guardrails so they can have more money to spend on their special programs, yet they continue to spend money on programs that don’t benefit the taxpayers, and then look the other way when the state tries to find ways around the law to pay people who, (1) are not in the country, or Connecticut legally, and (2) if they can get paid, would not be paying taxes on the money they earn.”
“We are coming off an election where the people of Connecticut, as well as America, said they can no longer afford the ever rising cost of living. Energy, grocery, insurance, rent, mortgage costs are all increasing while we pay more and more in taxes. The Democrats and their cohorts are utterly tone-deaf as to the struggles of Connecticut taxpayers, and now their minions are looking for ways to make it even more expensive to be in Connecticut” continued Proto.
“Rather than find these so called “creative ways” to get around the laws, how about working within the law to ensure that all students attending Connecticut universities have proper documentation and, when they earn wages, they pay taxes like everyone else in Connecticut” concluded Proto.
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