NC-Illegal alien policy draws criticism
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Illegal alien policy draws criticism
HOLT FAIRCLOTH
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:06 PM EDT
LORI WYNN
BEAUFORT — The State Board of Community Colleges voted last week to allow illegal immigrants to attend the state’s 58 campuses under certain conditions, but at least one Carteret County commissioner takes issue with the decision and says government should be doing more to keep immigrants from wanting to be here illegally.
Commissioner Holt Faircloth voiced during the county board’s regular meeting Monday his opposition to the community college enrollment change and criticized officials on the local and state levels for not doing more to keep it at bay.
“I guess what frustrates me the most is we give so many incentives for people to come here illegally,â€