With Buncombe County on the list, Sheriff Quentin Miller is challenging the designation, calling it “inaccurate and based on misleading information” in a letter sent May 30 to Tillis.

With Buncombe County on the list, Sheriff Quentin Miller is challenging the designation, calling it “inaccurate and based on misleading information” in a letter sent May 30 to Tillis.

In Buncombe County, we don’t go out and round people up, and the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) is not a 287 (g) jurisdiction, that deputizes local officers to enforce immigration law.

Reingold said that magistrates conduct hearings and initiate a process for every criminal action that happens in Forsyth County, and small claims magistrates hear 15,000 to 16,000 cases a year.

In making Monday’s announcement, Stetzer commended the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Asheville, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the North Carolina State Bureau ...