The North Carolina General Assembly overrode Governor Josh Stein’s veto , reviving HB‑318, a law labeled as anti-immigrant. The legislation, which is part of President Donald Trump’s agenda, mandates local cooperation in immigration matters (Stein called this unconstitutional). This Republican-backed law gained the support of Democratic legislator Carla Cunningham, representative for Mecklenburg’s 106th district. What led her to take that stance?

She Calls for Assimilation, Not Integration

“They have come to our country for many reasons, but I suggest they must assimilate and adapt to the culture of the country where they want to live,” Cunningham said on July 29.

In political science, the rhetoric of assimilation promotes the incorporation of minorities into a dominant culture by a

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