Sanctuary city Coverage

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending March 29

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

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Immigration advocates decry ICE cooperation, sanctuary city bills

The ACLU and immigration advocates speak out against bills in the General Assembly they call anti-immigrant.

NAACP, Latino groups criticize anti-immigrant bills

The NAACP and some Latino advocacy groups call on Gov. Roy Cooper to veto two bills working their way through the General Assembly. One would require sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents, and the other would allow people to sue cities and counties over any lack of enforcement of immigration laws.

Democrats see racial profiling in Senate bill that requires sheriffs cooperate with ICE

The state Senate on Thursday passed a weakened version of a measure requiring North Carolina sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, but not before heated debate that included an allegation of racial profiling.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

House committee takes up bills on sanctuary cities, term limits

The House Judiciary 1 committee considers several bills, including one adding new enforcement tools to a state law prohibiting sanctuary cities and another calling for congressional term limits.

Wake, Mecklenburg sheriffs balk at renewed effort to force them to cooperate with ICE

Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker and Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden pointedly told lawmakers on Tuesday to let them run their agencies and have federal officials enforce immigration laws.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

After 3 years in sanctuary, Biden's policy allows Raleigh man to go home

In 2017, Jose Chicas was told by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that he had to leave the country. Chicas said he believed ICE's stance was linked to his convictions for impaired driving and domestic violence over 20 years ago.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Do Democratic US Senate candidates back sanctuary cities?

Like many Republicans up for election, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is putting immigration at the forefront of his campaign. To contrast himself with his Democratic opponents, he's pointing to state-level policies.

Fact check: Tillis says Cunningham, Smith support immigrant sanctuaries

Like many Republicans up for election, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is putting immigration at the forefront of his campaign. To contrast himself with his Democratic opponents, he's pointing to House Bill 370.

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

Did Democratic congressional candidate support open borders, sanctuary cities?

President Donald Trump said Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District seat, backed open borders and sanctuary cities because of McCready's support for the DREAM Act and sheriffs choosing not to cooperate with federal immigration agents.

Reaction by 'green shirt guy' in sanctuary city meeting viewed millions of times

This video of a man known as the "green shirt guy" has been viewed millions of times on social media. Alex Kack was at the Tucson, Ariz., city council meeting when it happened.

Dozens protest immigration bill with prayer vigil

More than 100 people participated in a prayer vigil in front of the governor's mansion to show support of immigrants affected by House Bill 370, which would require sheriffs to check the immigration status of people booked into county jails and hold people in jail for federal immigration agents.

Full debate: 'Sanctuary' policies outlawed

House members debate legislation that would allow people to sue cities and counties that have "sanctuary" policies for people in the U.S. illegally.

Critics say 'sanctuary city' legislation invites frivolous lawsuits

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would allow people to sue cities or counties that have so-called "sanctuary" policies for people in the U.S. illegally.

House OKs lawsuits over 'sanctuary city' policies

The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would allow people to sue cities or counties that have so-called "sanctuary" policies for people in the U.S. illegally.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Good Samaritans help Durham man targeted by crooks

Two days after WRAL News reported on a man living in sanctuary at a Durham Church being the target of thieves, a group of Good Samaritans in the Bull City came together to help him get back on his feet.

Durham man at sanctuary church targeted by thieves

A man living in sanctuary at a Durham Church is now the victim of multiple crimes, and the church's pastor is in disbelief that someone so vulnerable would be targeted.

Trump contradicts Homeland Security on 'sanctuary cities' plan

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that his administration is "giving strong considerations" to a policy that would bus undocumented immigrants who have been detained at the border to so-called sanctuary cities and release them.

White House Is Said to Have Debated Sending Migrants to 'Sanctuary Cities'

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's top aides considered an idea to pressure immigration agencies to release apprehended migrants into so-called sanctuary cities represented by Democratic lawmakers, according to several people familiar with the proposal.

Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times