RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have required county sheriff departments to hold undocumented immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The House voted 62-53 on Tuesday to accept Senate changes to House Bill 370. The bill was created in responds to a handful of dissenting sheriffs refusing to cooperate with ICE officials and the detainers it issues. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden was among those sheriffs.