House Bill 10 is the third iteration of legislation Republicans have been trying to pass since 2019, in response to sheriffs in largely Democratic counties coming into office in 2018 vowing to cut back or end cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A state Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would require sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

A House bill ordering North Carolina sheriffs and jailers to comply with federal immigration requests to hold an inmate suspected of being in the country illegally passed the state Senate

HB10 would require local sheriffs to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if and when they arrest someone and determine they are living in the United States unlawfully.

A bill to require sheriffs to work with federal immigration officials passed the North Carolina Senate along party lines Thursday, as protesters looked on from the audience. Democratic sheriffs in North Carolina's biggest urban counties have said it does more harm than good to public safety if they work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement