NC community colleges to enroll illegal immigrants

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The State Board of Community Colleges has voted to allow illegal immigrants to enroll at North Carolina campuses starting next year.
    The board voted Friday to approve the plan, allowing undocumented immigrants to attend the system’s 58 campuses if they’ve graduated from a U.S. high school and pay out-of-state tuition. Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton was the only board member to vote against the plan. He did not explain his reasoning during the debate.
    The policy committee’s chairman, Stuart Fountain, says the children of parents who came into the country illegally shouldn’t be punished for the federal government’s failure to deal with their legal status.
    Illegals can win admission to the campuses after April 1, 2010.

   
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