S101 Requires that state officials must work with ICE and make sure they are aware when an individual charged with certain offenses was in custody and that person’s legal residency or United States citizenship status was undetermined.
The North Carolina State Senate passed S101 on July 1, 2022 by a vote of 25 to 19. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because state or local governments that pursue “sanctuary policy” undermine the U.S. Constitution’s provision, in both Art. I Sec. 8 and Art. 2 Sec. 3, that the federal government shall have the power to establish uniform immigration law and ensure that such law be faithfully executed. Moreover, the 10th Amendment reserves powers to the states that can be used to address the crisis of illegal immigration and provide for their own public safety.