North Carolina's community college system will no longer admit illegal immigrants to degree programs based on an advisory letter from the Office of the Attorney General, the system announced today.
Community college officials made the decision based on a May 6 letter from Attorney General Roy Cooper's office and a subsequent meeting with officials in the office, reports Jane Stancill.
"We asked the Attorney General’s Office for clarification of our present policy and will abide by their advice,” said System President R. Scott Ralls. “We will continue to be a primary source of economic advancement for the state by providing world-class education and workforce training to every student eligible to enroll.”
Cooper's office had advised the 58 community colleges to return to a 2001 policy that prohibited illegal immigrants from degree classes. Late last year, the system's attorney had directed colleges that they could not bar such students.
The system's decision is counter to federal officials, who said last week that North Carolina schools are free to decide whether or not to enroll illegal immigrants. That came in a statement by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Gov. Mike Easley had also challenged the advisory letter from the Attorney General's office.
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Re: Community colleges bar illegal immigrants
Roy Cooper’s decision is applauded for it’s common sense and correct interpretation of immigration law. It’s good to see sanity and the rule of law returned to NC state government. I’m glad to see the NC community college system’s compliant decision, as well.
Grand master Erskine Bowles, a Clintonian to the core, and the People’s Republic of Chapel Hill are another matter. They are entirely wrapped in their bleeding heart academic cocoon having no clue of the more than 80% public opposition to allowing illegal aliens into NC colleges.
Erskine is so disoriented from the fog of his progressive liberal disorder that he believes going to college is another “job Americans wont’ do.”