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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Prohibits Local Law Enforcement From Assisting ICE in Schools, Hospitals, and Places of Worship
Last action · February 11, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Renée Price and 13 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina prohibits criminal justice agencies, sheriff's offices, and individual officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with civil immigration arrests or removal warrants in schools, hospitals, and houses of worship. Any existing agreements between local law enforcement and ICE that conflict with this restriction are rendered void. A willful violation by an officer may serve as grounds to suspend, revoke, or deny their state certification.
Local police and sheriff deputies face the loss of their state law enforcement certification if they assist federal immigration authorities inside sensitive community facilities.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
criminal justice agencies
Criminal justice agencies are prohibited from assisting ICE in designated locations and their existing agreements with ICE are voided to that extent.
sheriff's offices
Sheriff's offices cannot assist federal immigration enforcement in schools, hospitals, or places of worship.
criminal justice officers
Individual officers face potential suspension, revocation, or denial of their state certification for willfully violating the assistance ban.
Key Facts
- Prohibits criminal justice agencies and sheriff's offices from assisting ICE in apprehending or arresting persons for immigration violations or serving removal warrants in places of worship, elementary and secondary schools, and hospitals.
- Voids any current or future agreement between a criminal justice agency or sheriff's office and ICE to the extent that it violates the new restrictions.
- Prohibits individual criminal justice officers and justice officers from assisting ICE with immigration arrests or removal warrants in the specified sensitive locations.
- Establishes that a willful violation by an officer can be used as grounds for the suspension, revocation, or denial of their state certification.
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- Clarifies that agencies and officers remain authorized to enforce general state laws.
- Directs the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission to adopt implementing rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can local police still enforce state laws under this bill?
What happens to existing contracts between local sheriff's offices and ICE?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 11, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Feb 11, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Feb 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Sources
www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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