CEO Drops $1 Million for Undocumented Immigrant College Scholarships, Partners with North Carolina Universities
Anti-illegal immigration opponents like Roy Beck, the head of Numbers USA, an organization in favor of strict immigration policy, stand by Elias’ right to start a private scholarship as an “act of charity.” But he wonders how many citizens, especially in North Carolina, could use similar help.
“There is always an opportunity cost, if your charity is for one group, it’s not going to another,” Beck said of the state’s lower income students, who are primarily black and Hispanics.
Beck also said college opportunities and in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants serve to entice more illegal immigration.
“In state tuition it is one of many enticements but it’s a second-level enticement,” he said. “The real enticement is the jobs enticement, it’s the failure of congress to mandate E-Verify.”