Thread: Immigration Update from the North Carolina General Assembly

By Jeff Mixon

RALEIGHJ - Business growth over the last decade in North Carolina (prior to the current economic situation) has brought a corresponding growth in the number of illegal aliens in the state. Civitas Institute opinion polls have consistently shown a significant level of concern amongst the state’s voters about how state government should respond to the problem of illegal immigration in North Carolina.

The North Carolina General Assembly has taken a moderate interest in solving the illegal immigration problem. This legislative session had several promising bills introduced on the subject. Some bills have had success, but many more have met an untimely death. As I have described here in the past a quirk of the legislative process is known as the crossover deadline. If a bill is not passed by either the NC House or NC Senate, it is essentially dead until after the next election of a new Legislature. Crossover this year was on May 14 and many immigration bills did not make the cut.

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NC is destined to be on the skids like California . That is what the voters of the state obviously want otherwise they would not keep electing the same irresponsible politicians over and over again . Please do not complain as this must what the people of NC want .