• News & OpinionStefanía Arteaga poses in front of a colorful mural

    OPINION: HB 318 Won’t Keep Us Safe

    Growing up on the east side, I remember my mom warning us when Mecklenburg County Sheriff deputies were staging checkpoints. When I was 13 years old, Sheriff Jim Pendergraph entered into the infamous voluntary 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), deputizing sheriff’s deputies as ICE agents. Over dinner,…

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