Stand with NC's immigrant families and public schools! Urge lawmakers not to override Gov. Cooper's veto of HB 10

As the NC General Assembly heads back into session for three days this week, we have one last chance to urge lawmakers not to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of HB 10.

This awful bill would force local sheriffs to cooperate with ICE and divert $500 million that could fund public schools to instead use taxpayer dollars to cover tuition costs for children attending private schools.

MomsRising and our partners have been fighting some version of this bill for the last five years, but this time, legislative leaders changed it to have an even more harmful impact.

HB 10 will undermine our community's trust in law enforcement. It will deter immigrants from reporting sexual assault or domestic violence, discourage immigrants from reporting crimes and serving as witnesses when they are prosecuted, and increase racial profiling against communities of color, regardless of their immigration status. Sheriffs elected by communities who did not want law enforcement to cooperate with ICE would now be forced to be part of deportation efforts that go against the will of the people who elected them.

At the same time, instead of making much-needed funding available to public schools to hire and retain teachers, bus drivers, and teaching assistants, HB 10 would siphon off those funds to instead support vouchers that make it less costly for wealthier families to send their children to private schools. North Carolinians want their tax dollars to be used to fund high quality pre-school and universal free school breakfasts and lunches to stave off child hunger in our state – not to subsidize tuition for private schools.

Legislators played politics with our future by passing HB 10. They should be working to make our state safer, improve our public schools, and make child care and housing affordable. Instead, they are sowing hardship and division.

The veto override is expected to move fast. Please take this one last chance to stand with immigrant families and public schools and urge lawmakers not to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of HB 10. Send your note right now – we’ve made it easy!

As someone concerned about children and families in our state, I urge you not to support efforts to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of HB 10. We know that when local law enforcement officers get involved in federal immigration law, it creates fear and mistrust in our communities. It harms public safety for all North Carolinians, not just immigrants and their families, as we’ve seen in other states that have passed similar laws. HB 10 will deter immigrants from reporting sexual assault or domestic violence, discourage immigrants from reporting crimes and serving as witnesses when they are prosecuted, and increase racial profiling against communities of color, regardless of their immigration status. Sheriffs elected by communities who did not want law enforcement to cooperate with ICE would now be forced to be part of deportation efforts that go against the will of the people who elected them. The portion of the bill which directs nearly $500 million in taxpayer funds that could be used to support our public schools to instead expand the state’s “Opportunity Scholarship” program comes at the expense of the 1.5 million children attending public schools in the state. Those funds could be used to hire and retain teachers, bus drivers, teaching assistants, counselors, and special education teachers,fund high quality pre-school and universal free school breakfasts and lunches to stave off child hunger in our state, provide resources for children with special needs, or support NC PreK classrooms – not to subsidize tuition for private schools. Many children in our state will be harmed by both of these provisions. I strongly urge you not to support the veto override of HB 10. Sincerely,

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