NC Governor Vetoes 'Draconian' Bill That Would Force Local Police to Cooperate With ICE
Source: Law & Crime
by Matt Clibanoff | 2:58 pm, August 21st, 2019
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill on Wednesday which would require local police to check the federal immigration database after arresting someone. If the name came up in the database, police would be forced to hold the person on a detainer for up to 48 hours.
The bill, called An Act to Require Compliance with Immigration Detainers and Administrative Warrants, passed the North Carolina House 62-53 on Tuesday before being sent to Cooper. The bill was reportedly drafted to deal with Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker and Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead, who both said they would not cooperate with ICE.
We want to make it so that the Wake County Sheriffs Office treats everybody the same and improves the quality of life for each and every person, Baker said in December. Its about humanity. Its about just caring for people. Thats a large part of what this office will be doing, moving forward.
Republicans pushing for the bill also reportedly cited the case of Oscar Pacheco-Leonardo, an undocumented immigrant who was charged with rape but released on a $100,000 bond. ICE claimed Garry McFadden, sheriff of Mecklenburg County, didnt inform them that Pacheco-Leonardo had been released.
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DFW
(54,435 posts)He has it harder than most Democratic governors. The Republican dominated NC state legislature is a toxic waste dump of right wing extremism. It's as if RBG were Chief Justice of he Supreme Court, and the other 8 were all clones of Thomas and Scalia.
steventh
(2,143 posts)saving NC from return to the dark ages, one veto at a time.
bluestarone
(17,018 posts)Now waiting for the feds to cut payments to NC!