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Illegal Immigration -- who profits, who pays

Part 1: Jobs lure illegal immigrants to state

North Carolina's employers are enthusiastic beneficiaries of the newcomers' willingness to work. The influx carries costs, too, for taxpayers and blue-collar workers.

Updated: Mar. 6, 2006 12:27 PM | Full story

Part 2: Schools bear burden of immigration

School budgets are feeling the pressure of educating students who are often poor and have little if any command of English. Critics wonder whether the spending is justified.

Updated: Mar. 1, 2006 6:12 AM | Full story

Part 3: Rural areas adapt to immigrants

Small-town ways can seem changeless, and many natives like it that way. But some rural areas in North Carolina are having to adapt in a hurry to a wave of newcomers with a new language, new customs and new expectations. Case in point: Warsaw.

Updated: Mar. 1, 2006 6:12 AM | Full story

Part 4: Health care costly for immigrants

In a report in January on the economic impact of Hispanic immigration in North Carolina, researchers at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill estimated the state's 2004 cost for health services provided to all Hispanics, legal or otherwise, at $299 million.

Updated: Mar. 6, 2006 12:29 PM | Full story

Part 5: Businesses meet immigrants' needs

In North Carolina, where the illegal immigrant population is climbing toward a half-million, businesses are tailoring their products and tweaking their policies to reach the newcomers.

Updated: Mar. 6, 2006 12:28 PM | Full story

Immigration

Lawmaker moves to ban illegal immigrant students

Jacksonville rep wants peers to consider making attorney general's recent opinion a state law.

Updated: May. 20, 2008 2:40 AM | Full story

Colleges await more advice on illegals

Community College System President Scott Ralls said Friday that he will happily admit illegal immigrants if he gets new legal advice.

Updated: May. 17, 2008 4:47 AM | Full story

Worker shortage predicted

The state community college system, embroiled in debate about illegal immigrants, will have to produce thousands of additional graduates each year to deal with North Carolina's looming worker shortage, a new report says.

Updated: May. 15, 2008 4:39 AM | Full story

Colleges shut out illegal aliens

North Carolina community colleges on Tuesday banned illegal immigrants from seeking degrees, a policy that is among the most restrictive in the nation.

Updated: May. 14, 2008 4:52 AM | Full story

U.S.: Colleges may admit illegals

North Carolina is free to admit illegal immigrants to public colleges and universities, federal officials say.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 4:47 AM | Full story

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Kenan Institute: N.C. Hispanic Study: Kenan Institute releases first major report on Hispanic economic impact in N.C.

Pew Hispanic Center: Research and Surveys on the U.S. Hispanic Population

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