Source: John Hinton, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 8/20/19



The N.C. House voted 62-53 Tuesday afternoon to approve a bill that would force the state's 100 sheriffs to cooperate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement on detainers to hold jail inmates who might be in the country illegally. ICE detainers can keep people behind bars for longer than they would normally be jailed on their charges. The legislation, HB370, will go to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Cooper, who has said he opposes the bill but hasn't said publicly whether he will veto it.

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