Amends Article 20 of GS Chapter 15A to add specific parameters for agreements between State/local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement and requires a judicial warrant for certain immigration enforcement actions.

Enacts new GS 15A-407 to provide that no law enforcement agency shall maintain, renew, or enter into any federal immigration enforcement agreement unless the agreement requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) or Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to (1) provide names and ranks of federal agents to local law enforcement at least seven days before immigration enforcement activity; (2) comply with applicable State laws, (3) be clearly identified as ICE/CBP agents with no uniform, vehicle, or equipment displaying the word “police,” (4) refrain from conducting immigration enforcement at schools, faith-based organizations, or courthouses; (5) consent to civil and criminal State jurisdiction for violations of State law while performing official duties pursuant to a federal immigration enforcement agreement; (6) refrain from making general demands for information and from requesting immigration or citizenship status without a valid judicial warrant or subpoena; (7) refrain from conducting immigration enforcement activity within 500 yards of a polling place during and in the hour before/after voting hours; (8) refrain from using surveillance technology to conduct immigration enforcement unless targeting an unlawfully present individual convicted of a specific violent felony; (9) refrain from entering a home without a valid judicial warrant; and (10) agree that any on-duty shooting involving a federal agent will be investigated by the Attorney General and subject to State prosecution.

Defines “federal immigration enforcement agreement” (agreement with a federal agency authorizing a State or local law enforcement officer or employee to perform a function of a federal immigration officer or an intergovernmental service agreement authorizing civil immigration detention of a person in a local, regional, or State correctional facility) “law enforcement agency (state or local agency that employs law enforcement officers whose principal function is the enforcement of state laws, including any sheriff’s office, police department, correctional facility, or State law enforcement department), and “violent felony” (Class A through E felonies, substantially equivalent repealed or superseded offenses, and substantially similar offenses committed in another jurisdiction). Provides that nothing in this statute prohibits compliance with valid criminal warrants or judicial orders unrelated to civil immigration enforcement.

Enacts new GS 15A-408 to require that law enforcement officers must be presented with a valid judicial warrant or subpoena to assist, cooperate with, or use law enforcement resources to facilitate any operation seeking to identify, arrest, or penalize an individual for violation of federal civil immigration law. Sets out exception for criminal warrants and entitles aggrieved person to seek declaratory or injunctive relief in State court.

Appropriates $40 million from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety for the 2026-27 fiscal year for counties to hire additional law enforcement or corrections personnel for county jails, to be distributed based on greatest need.

Contains severability clause.

Effective July 1, 2026, and applies to immigration enforcement agreements or any person detained or arrested by federal immigration law enforcement agencies on or after that date.