ICE Detainers

July 8, 2025

House Bill 10, ICE detainers, Destin Hall

North Carolina bill compelling sheriffs to aid ICE advances as first major bill this year

May 1, 2024 Makiya Seminaera

RALEIGH — A bill that would require North Carolina sheriffs to comply with requests by federal agents interested in picking up jail inmates believed to be in the country illegally passed a Senate committee Tuesday, […]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, Detainers

Despite political talking points, experts agree it’s not unlawful for sheriffs to serve ICE detainers

September 4, 2019 Dan Way

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 […]