Mecklenburg Country, North Carolina, became a de facto sanctuary jurisdiction after its sheriff withdrew from the 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Prior to that, the county was annually turning over to ICE more than a thousand illegal aliens, who had either been convicted of crimes or had charges pending against them.
A federal official, quoted by Breitbart news, had this to say about the county’s shift of policy: “Sanctuary cities and counties around the country are acting as illegal incubators for criminal alien activity, harboring dangerous offenders and often releasing them back to the streets. The egregious practice of local police ignoring our laws and obstructing the federal law enforcement mission of safety and security should have no place in North Carolina or anywhere else.”
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