EXCLUSIVE — A prominent sheriff who for years refused to turn over illegal immigrants is waging a pitched fight with federal authorities that has taken on new significance with President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, a second-term Democrat in Charlotte, said he would gladly cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement but would risk lawsuits if he did so.
“Sheriffs are the ones who are going to have to … hold the torch and also carry out this,” McFadden said in a Zoom interview with the Washington Examiner this week. “But the sheriffs are also going to be the ones who these lawsuits and claims will come against.”
After being elected in 2018, the law enforcement officer with 44
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