Pointless Education?

Yesterday HB 241 the bill repealing instate tuition for undocumented students who attended 3+ years of Utah public school passed the House of Representatives. If you'd like to see how your representative voted check here: http://le.utah.gov/~2008/status/hbillsta/hb0241.002h.txt
The bill was amended to not go into affect until September 2010.

Today in the Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Donnelson, the bill sponsor, is paraphrased as saying "there's no point in undocumented students going to college if they can't legally get jobs and might be forced to forge documents." Source

WHAT?!?! No point?? Here are my questions for you, Rep. Donnelson. If these students do not go to college, what do you think they will be doing? May they be 'forced to forge documents' either way? What if they stay in the U.S. and have children here? Those children will be Americans, would they be better off if their parent's are college educated? Do we want people in our country (here legally & illegally) to understand our language, our laws, our history? When does continuing education ever become pointless?

The issue of illegal immigration must be addressed. But this bill targets those that are doing their best with the situation they are in and is far from the solution. This bill especially is lacking in the compassion that local religious leaders, including Elder Ballard, have been imploring of the Utah Legislature.