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Immigrants should be legal, first

By Larry McAdams
Rocky Mount Telegram

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

I have read a number of articles and editorials on why illegal immigrants should receive in-state tuition at the community colleges.

Now I read the UNC Board of Governors is going to study the issue. I agree with many of the reasons why it makes sense in many ways. However, the role of the community colleges and a goal for the university system is to prepare students for jobs in North Carolina.

Everyone seems to be overlooking the fact that as an illegal immigrant, after they are trained in our colleges with state money supplementing their education, they cannot be legally hired by any of our state's employers!

We need to work on a system to allow the immigrants to earn a path to citizenship. Then, when we know they are on this path to be employed legally, allow them access to our higher education system.

Larry McAdams

Rocky Mount








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