Easley: Community colleges should continue admitting illegal immigrants
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The Associated Press
Published: May 8, 2008
RALEIGH - Gov. Mike Easley said today that the state's community colleges should stick to a policy of admitting all eligible illegal immigrants.
Easley made the suggestion today, a day after Attorney General Roy Cooper's office said the lenient admissions policy should be dropped.
A letter from Cooper's general counsel said the community college system should follow federal law more closely and admit immigrants in narrow circumstances.
Easley said today that federal law does not clearly outline when illegal immigrants can attend community college. He asked Cooper to seek clarification from Washington.
Cooper's office said this week it could send a letter to the Department of Homeland Security on the system's behalf.
North Carolina's community college system is the third largest in the country. About 800,000 students attend the system's 58 schools.