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GOP Lawmakers To Challenge Illegal Immigrant Admission Policy
New Rule Allows Enrollment For Undocumented Immigrants
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Two Republican state lawmakers said they'll attempt to overturn a new admissions policy that allows illegal immigrants to attend North Carolina's community colleges.
The Gaston Gazette reported that Reps. Wil Neumann and Pearl Burris-Floyd, of Gaston County, held a news conference Tuesday to announce their plans when the Legislature reconvenes next spring.
The State Board of Community Colleges has approved a policy to enroll undocumented immigrants as long as they pay out-of-state tuition rates and have graduated from an American high school. They also can't supplant students who are in the U.S. legally.
The lawmakers said the policy still means legal residents will subsidize some of the costs for illegal immigrants.
State law gives the General Assembly the chance to disapprove the policy.
New Rule Allows Enrollment For Undocumented Immigrants
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Two Republican state lawmakers said they'll attempt to overturn a new admissions policy that allows illegal immigrants to attend North Carolina's community colleges.
The Gaston Gazette reported that Reps. Wil Neumann and Pearl Burris-Floyd, of Gaston County, held a news conference Tuesday to announce their plans when the Legislature reconvenes next spring.
The State Board of Community Colleges has approved a policy to enroll undocumented immigrants as long as they pay out-of-state tuition rates and have graduated from an American high school. They also can't supplant students who are in the U.S. legally.
The lawmakers said the policy still means legal residents will subsidize some of the costs for illegal immigrants.
State law gives the General Assembly the chance to disapprove the policy.
