Illegal immigrants once again before General Assembly
by Morgan Wall
2 hrs 46 mins ago

RALEIGH — With the start of the new legislative session, a number of bills have been introduced in both branches of the North Carolina General Assembly.

One of those bills that is co-sponsored by Sen. Don East, who represents District 30 including Alleghany, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties, asks for the General Assembly’s approval of an act to prohibit illegal immigrants from attending North Carolina community colleges.

The bill was introduced by Sen. Philip E. Berger on Feb. 11 with co-sponsors including East, Sen. Andrew C. Brock, Sen. James Forrester, Sen. Jim Jacumin and Sen. Jerry W. Tillman. It has since been referred to the Committee on Education with a focus on higher education.

The bill would establish the purpose of community colleges as to offer education to students “who are lawfully present in the United States who are high school graduates or who are beyond the compulsory age limit of the public school system and who have left the public schools.â€