Senate Bill 153 includes multiple provisions targeting immigrant communities in North Carolina. These provisions include:
- Requiring state law enforcement agencies to enter into a 287(g) agreement with ICE. This agreement would require these departments to try and determine whether an individual they are interacting with is a U.S. citizen or has legal status. If the individual's status cannot be determined, ICE must be contacted. In the case that the person is undocumented, the agencies must cooperate with requests from ICE.
- Forcing state agencies to take additional and unnecessary steps to verify that undocumented immigrants are not benefitting from public services beyond what is required under federal law.
- Waiving certain aspects of governmental immunity for local governments that fail to comply with anti-sanctuary ordinances.
- Prohibiting UNC institutions from adopting any type of sanctuary policies or procedures and from preventing law enforcement officials from gathering information on the citizenship status of an individual and sharing that information with federal law enforcement agencies.
