NC Community Colleges to Enroll Undocumented Students

by Associated Press , September 22, 2009

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The ruling also got the attention of U.S. Rep Sue Myrick, R-N.C., an immigration policy critic who released a one-sentence statement: ``Someone needs to look up the meaning of the word 'illegal.'''

The vast majority of states admit undocumented immigrants, Fountain said. Of 11 states reviewed in the consultant's report, five offered an in-state tuition rate to undocumented immigrants, five required the out-of-state rate and South Carolina had a ban on admissions for undocumented immigrants.

The new policy ``keeps us in the mainstream of educational thought in the United States,'' Fountain said.

The policy still must go through a procedure required of most rules approved by state agencies. The Legislature could still reject the rule when it reconvenes in May or override it with its own law.

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