RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina legislature voted on June 24, 2026, to override Gov. Josh Stein's veto of Senate Bill 153, which requires several state law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The bill mandates that the State Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation, Department of Adult Correction, and the Department of Public Safety enter into 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It also requires the state to verify the immigration status of individuals applying for certain state-funded services, including Medicaid and housing assistance.

The immigration legislation was one of four vetoes overridden by legislative vote on June 24. Stein said in a press release, "As the legislature leaves teachers and law enforcement officers waiting for hard-earned and desperately needed pay raises, members of the General Assembly are stoking the culture wars that divide us rather than fulfilling their long-overdue responsibility of passing a budget." House Speaker Destin Hall said in a statement, "By overriding four more of Gov. Stein's vetoes today, we're improving public safety and ending taxpayer-funded, divisive DEI policies for good." Hall added, "Once again, the House has stood firm and ensured Governor Stein and his liberal agenda won't get in the way of common sense legislation."