Thom Tillis is pro amnesty.
December 2012 Tillis:“The other thing we’re going to do is send a very clear message to Washington that they can make our job a lot easier if they would deal with the issue that they’ve kicked down the road – Republicans and Democrats – for many, many years.”
Pat McCrory who went on to endorse Tillis is probably the only anti amnesty governor(Nikki Haley and a bunch of other “Tea Party” governors have backed types of amnesty).
http://www.hpe.com/news/x1576248598/McCrory-accuses-furniture-industry-on-illegal-labor
August 2013:
The GOP governor accused High Point area manufacturers of backing a bill McCrory vetoed that allows employers extra time to verify the legal status of a worker. The N.C. General Assembly this week overrode McCrory’s veto from earlier this summer of legislation that extends from three months to nine months the amount of time an employee can draw a paycheck without having his or her legal status cleared though a federal database known as E-Verify.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/15/3109599/mccrory-vetoes-first-bill-drug.html
Tillis said the immigration bill was designed to help alleviate the problems that employers in the state face because of federal immigration procedures and policies.
“The regulatory burden and complexity caused by federal inaction requires us to consider stop-gap measures while we wait for politicians in D.C. to take action,” he said. “This bill received strong bipartisan support and sought to provide clarity to employers and agencies regarding the impact of illegal immigration in North Carolina.”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/15/3109599/mccrory-vetoes-first-bill-drug.html#storylink=cpy
I live in Maine, and I’m pretty sure our conserevative TEA party governor, Paul LePage, is anti-amnesty.
Two days after being sworn into office in January, 2011, Gov. LePage ended Maine’s status as a sanctuary state. He recently ended giving welfare and EBT cards to illegals.