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North Carolina lawmakers approve more voucher funds and order sheriffs to aid immigration agents
AP ^ | 11 Sept 2024 | GARY D. ROBERTSON

Posted on 09/11/2024 7:27:44 PM PDT by blueplum

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature passed a supplemental spending bill Wednesday that eliminates a large waitlist for private school vouchers and also directs sheriffs to assist federal immigration agents seeking jail inmates...

Fully funding the universal voucher program was a leading priority for Republican legislators earlier this year....

The bill also retains language that tells county sheriffs to comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers that identify jail inmates believed to be in the country unlawfully and who have been charged with the most serious crimes....

Republican advocates of the immigration provisions say they’re necessary because a handful of sheriffs in predominantly Democratic counties are disregarding ICE detainers...

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aliens; donutwatch; ice; immigration; nc; northcarolina; police; schoolvouchers; vouchers

1 posted on 09/11/2024 7:27:44 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Good.


2 posted on 09/11/2024 7:43:14 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: blueplum

Like peas in a pod: NC-NJ-CT-MA-NM-CA-NY...
The septuplets of communism...
Birthed by the Soviet Union and now full grown...


3 posted on 09/11/2024 7:50:10 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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