North Carolina sheriffs now oppose mandate to help ICE - but it's closer to becoming law

RALEIGH -- A proposal to require law enforcement agencies to cooperate with immigration authorities now has opposition from an influential group: the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association.

But House Bill 370 won approval from the state House on Wednesday just hours after the association announced its opposition.

The bill would require law enforcement agencies across the state to comply with detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

An ICE detainer request is a form or notice sent to law enforcement agencies alerting them that ICE wants custody of the person the local agency has jailed. ICE is empowered to take custody of some immigrants, but courts have ruled that law enforcement agencies have the right to ignore ICE detainers because they’re requests seeking voluntary compliance.

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