Another bill tries to force NC sheriffs to assist ICE GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press March 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans are again pressing legislation to force county sheriffs to recognize requests of federal immigration agents who believe a defendant is in the country illegally. But the odds for enactment likely remain the same as in 2019, when Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper successfully blocked a similar measure. A majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday for the GOP bill, which largely follows a measure from two years ago waylaid when Cooper vetoed it. The bills are a response to African American Democratic sheriffs in several urban counties who made clear they wouldn't work closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, unlike predecessors.