I hope this isn't a duplicate. I couldn't find it anywhere on the site.

This aired on our local station WRAL last night at 11 and this morning. I am not copying the whole article because of the copyright info on the article. Just posting what William and the Latino representative had to say. You can read the whole story here-
http://wral.com/news/local/story/1678868/

"The fact that North Carolina's had a growing Latino population for some time means that there are Latinos coming not only from all over the world but from all over the country," said Marisol Jimenez McGee, advocacy director of El Pueblo, a Hispanic advocacy group. "(There are people) from New York, Chicago (and) Texas that are coming to North Carolina because it's a great place to live."

But William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, said illegal immigration is driving the Hispanic population boom.

"The majority of Hispanics coming into North Carolina right now, unfortunately, are illegal aliens coming predominantly from Mexico," Gheen said. "They're coming here because of the Mexican consulate, which is giving them documentation and assistance, and (because of) a large number of state benefits, such as free education (and) free health care."

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