Help stop anti-immigrant bill, HB 10! Contact your NC Representative and tell them to VOTE NO on HB 10!

Vote NO on HB 10! Families Belong Together!

For the last six years, MomsRising/ MamâsConPoder members, our allies, and partners have been fighting bills that would force local sheriffs to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The latest version, HB 10, passed out of the NC Senate Thursday morning on a party line vote with 28 Republicans voting for and 15 Democrats voting against this anti-immigrant bill. The bill is now headed back to the NC House as soon as Tuesday for one final vote before it would head to Governor Cooper’s desk.

HB 10 is bad for our families, our communities, our state, and our economy. It would deter immigrants from reporting sexual assault or domestic violence to the police and put members of our community at risk of deportation. It would erode community trust in law enforcement, making our communities less safe and increase racial profiling and family separation.

Something as simple as a traffic violation, requiring no jail time, can put people on track for deportation, blurring the lines between the criminal system and the immigration system.

The harm HB 10 would cause is immense, and North Carolina moms are disappointed, saddened, frightened, and absolutely outraged.

We can’t stop fighting this anti-immigrant legislation and standing with immigrant families.

Time is running out! Please send a message to your NC State Representative RIGHT NOW telling them to VOTE NO on HB 10!

I’m writing today as your constituent to strongly urge you to oppose HB 10, "Require Sheriffs to Cooperate with ICE." HB 10 would erode trust and undermine the relationships between immigrant communities and local law enforcement, deterring immigrants from reporting sexual assault, domestic violence, or other community concerns, and ultimately making our state’s communities less safe. This bill would lead to more family separations, causing significant trauma to the children impacted, with the potential for lasting psychological and physical harm, as well as creating unnecessary burdens on North Carolina’s already overstressed foster care system. Because HB 10 would require mandatory compliance with ICE detainer requests while providing no funding to house those being held, local counties would be forced to bear costs for the federal government that they did not choose and may not support. Our state’s local resources should not be wasted doing the work of federal immigration officials, especially at a cost to public safety. HB 10 is also bad for North Carolina’s economy. According to the American Immigration Council, there are more than 870,000 immigrants living in North Carolina who contribute $8.4 billion annually in local, state, and federal taxes. Immigrants are vital to NC’s $103 billion agricultural industry and in meeting the state’s housing shortage as critical parts of the construction industry on top of the many other jobs they fill in restaurants, retail, the care economy, and more. The state of North Carolina should be celebrating the contributions of immigrants to our economy, not passing legislation to make them feel unwelcome and less safe. By taking a harsh anti-immigrant stance, North Carolina can drive out immigrants and negatively affect our economy. I strongly urge you to oppose HB 10. Sincerely,

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