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Local governments grappling with illegal immigration issues


By Adam Behsudi
ABEHSUDI@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
July 29, 2007 12:15 am
HENDERSONVILLE — Setting zoning amendments, annexations and budgets aside for the moment, some local governments in Western North Carolina are taking on the thorny issue of illegal immigration.

That includes Henderson County, which in April called on a committee of 11 people to judge the costs, challenges and benefits from what county officials say is a growing population of illegal immigrants..

The panel includes clergy members along with representatives from agriculture, law enforcement and the Hispanic community.

“This is the most emotion-laden topic next to terrorism that is on the American agenda,â€