Another ALIPAC failure as NC College Board gives immigrants the nod

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/03/20  6 Responses »
Mar 202010
 
Another ALIPAC failure as NC College Board gives immigrants the nod

The North Carolina State Community College Board cast a final vote Friday to admit illegal immigrants at the 58 community college campuses. Illegal immigrants will have to pay out-of-state tuition, about $7,700 a year, and they can be removed from a class if it is full and a legal resident wants in. This measure has been opposed by ALIPAC’s William Gheen whose opposition to anything that would better the lives of Hispanics began in 2005 when he opposed HBl 1138, which would have allowed certain non-citizens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at publicly funded North Carolina colleges and universities. At that time, and continuing until today, Gheen disparagingly and falsely referred to the “Access to Higher Education and A MORE

Another humiliating defeat for ALIPAC and William Gheen

 Posted by on 2009/12/18  16 Responses »
Dec 182009
 
Another humiliating defeat for ALIPAC and William Gheen

ALIPAC’s William Gheen is in apparent seclusion tonight after his humiliation before the North Carolina Community College Board, which voted in September to allow undocumented immigrants to attend their 58 colleges. In a packed hearing room of the State Archives building, supporters of this proposal outnumbered opponents 9 to 1. 51 of the 57 signed up to speak were in favor of the proposition. Willy Gheen had spent the week sending out nonsensical press releases and hedging his bets by making outrageous assertions such as the following, which he continued to repeat today. Friends of ALIPAC, We have received fresh information that pro-illegal immigration groups have activated their national networks via e-mails and phone text alerts to rally the illegal MORE