North Carolina Republicans have advanced a bill that would outlaw sanctuary jurisdictions and require law enforcement to cooperate in turning over criminally illegal aliens to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
On Tuesday, the state Senate Judiciary Committee approved This bill would require North Carolina police departments and sheriff’s offices to cooperate with ICE agents when attempting to take custody of illegal aliens who have committed crimes.
Republicans, who have supermajorities in the state House and Senate, are expected to approve the bill, overriding an expected veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. In 2022, the state House and Senate passed the bill and sent it to Cooper’s desk, but Cooper vetoed the bill.
If this bill passes, North Carolina’s sanctuary jurisdictions (Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, Orange, and Wake counties) will be able to protect criminally illegal aliens in their custody by denying them immigration control. will be unable to protect them from immigration enforcement. Hand over to ICE agent.
Despite North Carolina’s reputation as a red-hot battleground state, it’s home to some of the most prominent protected areas in the nation. In 2022, the Immigration Reform Law Institute named Wake County one of the most dangerous sanctuary states in the country.
In 2020 under former President Donald Trump, ICE officials placed Billboards throughout North Carolina, looking for Detention of criminal illegal aliens released into communities in Mecklenburg and Buncombe counties.
The state Senate vote on this bill is Be expected this week. The bill was already approved by the state legislature last year.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
