The North Carolina General Assembly began a repeat effort Wednesday to require all sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents who are interested in picking up certain jail inmates.
Republican leaders hope past results - Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper successfully vetoed versions of the measure twice - will be overturned now that their majorities have increased.
“When a sheriff refuses to cooperate with them and allows folks to walk out of their jails, ICE still has to do their job,” said Rep. Destin Hall, a Caldwell County Republican and bill sponsor. “But now they have to go out into the community or into the field and try to enforce this law in a much more dangerous environment.”
The bill would require “any person charged with a criminal offense” and who is the subject of a detainer to be taken to a local magistrate or judge. They would decide whether to issue an order holding the suspect. The hold would give ICE agents 48 hours to pick up the inmate. Detainers aren’t true arrest warrants and if used to hold an inmate could lead to litigation, said Ann Webb, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. Other critics say this mandate would make people in immigrant communities wary of reporting crimes for fear of deportation.
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