Adds new GS 17F-15, preventing law enforcement agencies and officers from participating in immigration enforcement on farmland and construction sites. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, bars criminal justice agencies as defined in GS 17C-2, sheriff’s offices and each agency's/office's officers (collectively, “the covered law enforcement”) from assisting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in: (1) the apprehension or arrest of persons for alleged or suspected immigration violations or (2) service of warrants for removal from the United States in any of the following locations:
Real property used for any of the following: (1) agriculture or farming, as those terms are defined by GS 106-581.1 or (2) slaughter, processing, or packaging of livestock.
A permitted construction site, being a site where a permit, license, or other authorization has been issued by the State or a local governmental entity for the placement of new construction or improvements to real property.
Voids current or future agreements made between the covered law enforcement and ICE that violate the above provisions. Directs that willful violation of the above by justice officers or criminal justice officers may be used as grounds for the suspension, revocation, or denial of certification. Specifies that the statute should not be construed to prevent the covered law enforcement from enforcing the laws of the State to the extent provided by law. Directs the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission to promulgate rules consistent with the act.