Popular Government

The authors provide a demographic overview of North Carolina’s Hispanic newcomers, describe their settlement patterns, and report the response of North Carolinians to the influx.

In an interview the governor’s special adviser on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, who also serves as director of the state’s Office of Hispanic/Latino Affairs, discusses the needs of North Carolina’s growing Hispanic population and ways in which public policy might address them.

A specialist in public health law summarizes the nation’s immigration law and policy and introduces readers to various categories of people potentially affected by that body of law and policy.

The author describes the provisions of federal laws enacted in the mid to late 1990s that address immigrants’ eligibility for public benefits.

An immigration attorney explains when agencies that administer federal and state public benefits must verify an applicant's immigration status before providing them.

This guide identifies the various federal and state benefits to which immigrants in general, qualified aliens, and non-qualified aliens are eligible as a result of the legislation described in preceding articles by this author.

An attorney employed by a health law project addresses the need for translation services during health care visits and how these needs are most frequently met.

A housing and community development specialist discusses the extent of housing discrimination against Hispanics.

A social worker at an elementary school in North Carolina’s Research Triangle describes the needs of her school’s growing Hispanic population.