NC Senate vote means showdown nears on immigration bill

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican-controlled General Assembly headed for a showdown with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper as a bill that would strong-arm North Carolina sheriffs refusing to cooperate with federal immigration agents neared final passage.

The Senate late Monday approved a measure that would require all county sheriffs to recognize requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold inmates it believes are in the country unlawfully. Sheriffs also would be required to attempt to check everyone in their jails charged with a crime — not just people accused of the most serious offenses— to determine if they are legal U.S. residents.

The bill is a direct response to a handful of recently elected Democratic sheriffs in the most populated counties who announced they wouldn’t comply with ICE detainers, which give agents 48 hours to pick up inmates, even though they aren’t actual criminal arrest warrants. Bill supporters are unhappy with these sheriffs and believe they should do what nearly all 100 in the state have been doing voluntarily for decades.

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