North Carolina Sheriff’s Association gets state funding to fight immigration; how money spent unclear

Once a low-profile professional organization, the N.C. Sheriffs’ Association has jumped into the fray on immigration. Its reward has been a windfall of state money.

The group got $750,000 in state money last year — its first state funding — on the promise that it would help North Carolina sheriff’s offices begin ferreting out illegal immigrants.

It is expected to get $1 million more in this year’s budget, even though very few sheriffs have gained authority to enforce immigration law and the association was unable to spend its full allocation last year. The association, which lobbies and provides training and support services to the state’s 100 sheriffs, has no direct role in arresting or deporting illegal immigrants.”*

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