Repeals Session Law 2025-85, requires judicial warrants for federal immigration enforcement actions, and funds community-based immigration legal.
The North Carolina MELT Act repeals Session Law 2025-85, which expanded cooperation between local jails and federal immigration enforcement. It mandates that no local facility can hold a person solely based on a federal immigration detainer beyond their lawful release. Federal immigration enforcement officers cannot conduct actions like detention, arrest, or search without a judicial warrant. The act appropriates $4 million to community-based legal service providers for representation, asylum applications, and legal education.
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