# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-05-30T20:01:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties are just a few of hundreds of counties and cities recently labeled as “sanctuary jurisdictions” by the Department of Homeland Security. The department defines sanctuary jurisdictions as areas “deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities.”

The classification of these counties as a sanctuary jurisdiction comes as part of “Executive Order 14287: Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens” which was recently signed by President Donald Trump. A page on the Department of Homeland Security’s website titled “Sanctuary Jurisdictions Defying Federal Immigration Law” lists both cities and counties it says meet the standard. The other North Carolina counties listed are Buncombe and Watauga.

Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead responded to the new designation, rebuking the claim that the county’s actions or policies violate federal statutes in any way.

“Let me be clear, the Durham County Sheriff’s Office complies with the law as it is written,” Birkhead’s statement reads. “Our State has laws requiring Sheriffs to check the immigration status of those detained in our jails and explains the procedural steps to comply with immigration detainers. To say the Durham County Sheriff’s Office is engaging in practices that conflict with federal law is grossly inaccurate.”

He claimed that enforcing these laws is not within his professional purview.

“As the locally elected Sheriff of Durham County, I am granted authority under the Constitution and the laws of the State of North Carolina, and nowhere in these documents am I, or any other Sheriff, empowered to enforce federal law,” he said.

He went on to lambaste the designation in general.

“This new DHS designation seeks to force cities and counties to align their policies and procedures with those of federal agencies, without providing any guidance,” he said. “Neither yesterday’s DHS announcement nor recent Executive Orders define the term ‘sanctuary’ or provide guidelines on what it considers compliance.”

Full story on Chapelboro.com.
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#orangecounty #chathamcounty #durhamcounty #sanctuary

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