We're painfully aware of that problem. There have been numerous attempts at rectification in the past several years, most recently by Sue Myrick. The problem we have in NC is, despite being a reliable "red" state at the national level, our state itself is governed by Democrats, and has been since Reconstruction, with the same battling factions actually preceding any modern political party and even the country itself. It's fairly entrenched, obviously, much to the frustration of the conservative majority in the state. We're working on it, and have been for a while now.
Both our sons were born in Elizabeth City, NC and we loved that area. We often thought about returning there to retire.
As I recall (it's been a while) but it almost seemed like NC was three states, the coast, the "Piedmont" and the west (mountains). Where is the greatest number of illegals? I'm guessing the Piedmont.