Veto override promises in place on immigration policy bills

(The Center Square) – Fifty-two of 104 vetoes in North Carolina’s last gubernatorial administration were overturned by the General Assembly.

Tests for first-term Democratic Gov. Josh Stein are on the way. He issued 14 in 20 days, and more than once Republican chamber leaders and their legions pledged overrides. Immigration policy is definitely a disagreement for the former top prosecutor in the state with history of multiple litigations filed against lawmakers and refusals to back them.

“Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill backs North Carolina law enforcement that works with ICE,” said Speaker Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, of the House of Representatives. But the governor “wants North Carolina to be left behind. The House will override his open border vetoes ASAP so we can make our state safer.”

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