Greensboro cannot adopt sanctuary-city policies because North Carolina HB 318 in 2015 prohibits local governments from limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. NC HB 10 in 2024 further requires sheriffs to honor ICE detainer requests for jailed individuals.
North Carolina HB 318, the Protect North Carolina Workers Act of 2015, prohibits cities and counties from adopting any policy that restricts the use of federal immigration verification or limits cooperation with federal immigration officers. NC HB 10 enacted in 2024 mandates that all 100 county sheriffs comply with ICE detainer requests when individuals are held in county jails. Greensboro Police follow state law and do not run sanctuary policies. Guilford County Sheriff handles jail-based immigration cooperation. Federal enforcement still occurs primarily through ICE rather than local patrol officers.
Adopting a sanctuary policy would violate state law and could expose Greensboro to lawsuits and loss of state funding, while sheriffs who fail to honor detainers face state-level enforcement under HB 10.
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