Source: WRAL, 6/20/19

 Directives upon North Carolina sheriffs to check immigration records of all jail inmates and recognize federal requests to hold them are headed to the Senate floor after more impassioned debate. The measure approved Thursday in the Senate Rules Committee responds to several recently elected sheriffs who no longer comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. The detainers ask that people who may be in the country unlawfully be held up to 48 hours. Compliance is now voluntary.

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