Illegal Immigration -- who profits, who pays from Raleigh News Observer

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
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North Carolina: 395,000 illegal immigrants
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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
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Hispanic enrollment (2004-05)
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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
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Duplin County
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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
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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
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