RALEIGH —Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), working with fellow-Republicans in North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation has introduced two bills aimed at sheriffs who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials who are seeking assistance in detaining […]
MECKLENBURG — Federal agents have arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was released from custody by Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office after being convicted of felony death by motor vehicle in a drunken-driving incident. Jose […]
A few weeks ago, I came across an article on WRAL TV’s website that left me scratching my head. In July 2018, an illegal immigrant named Furmencio Miranda-Cortazar was arrested in Raleigh and charged with […]
Legal and constitutional experts agree: ICE detainers are constitutionally permitted instruments to enforce immigration law, and local police can lawfully honor them. But they must be executed voluntarily if there is not a state law […]
RALEIGH — President Donald Trump has criticized Governor Roy Cooper for vetoing a bill that would have required the state’s sheriffs to recognize requests by federal immigration agents to hold jail inmates believed to be […]
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday vetoed legislation requiring North Carolina sheriffs to recognize requests by federal immigration agents to hold jail inmates believed to be in the country illegally, calling the bill […]
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina’s previous governor, Republican Pat McCrory of Charlotte, said Gov. Roy Cooper and the mayors of the major cities of the state should be ashamed for ignoring how some sheriffs are endangering […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Cory Booker has rolled out an immigration agenda composed of changes he could make without relying on Congress, including a shift away from criminal prosecution of border crossings and a new mandate for […]
RALEIGH — After the N.C. Sheriffs Association expressed concerns about a House bill passed in early April to require cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers, members of both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — An immigrant who sought refuge from deportation in a North Carolina church for 11 months was detained Friday at a scheduled appointment with immigration officials, prompting more than a dozen supporters to […]
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