Adds new GS 17F-16, preventing law enforcement agencies and officers from participating in immigration enforcement in places of religious worship, elementary and secondary schools, and hospitals. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, bars criminal justice agencies as defined in GS 17C-2 and sheriff’s offices and their 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:
A place of religious worship, including a church, chapel, meetinghouse, synagogue, temple, longhouse, or mosque, or other building that is regularly used, and clearly identifiable, as a place for religious worship.
A public or nonpublic school providing elementary or secondary instruction.
A hospital, as defined by GS 131E-76(3).
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 their 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.