Originally Posted By: Last Dollar
....The purpose of my OP was to point out that most of these folks are valuable to us as a community, and that the impact of just kicking them out is huge....

Unless I'm mistaken, the only 'value' that you pointed out was that of being hard workers. If that value is worth keeping around, then smart folks should encourage it, not disincentivize it. If the loss would be huge, maybe the community could compensate by demanding free college for the next generation.