North Carolina

Name: North Carolina 287(g) Agencies
Creator: 287(g) Watch
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32 agencies #17 of 53 states by agency count 6% of local law enforcement agencies 19 Warrant Service 3 Jail Enforcement 13 Task Force 1.5M covered

As of October 13, 2026

Agency Locations

How participation has grown

Active 287(g) agreements, since Dec 2024.

35 agreements.

Warrant Service WSO 19 Jail Enforcement JEM 3 Task Force TFM 13

Each line counts active agency–model agreements, so an agency with two models counts once per model.

Elections in North Carolina

28 of 32 agencies on this list are in a county that elects its sheriff in 2026.
28 of 28 agencies with a known county are in counties Trump won in 2024.

Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts

News coverage of ICE's 287(g) program in North Carolina

Updated October 3, 2026

North Carolina has moved to expand cooperation between state and local law enforcement and ICE, including a state-law mandate and the Highway Patrol’s 287(g) Task Force agreement in September. The shift extends immigration-enforcement authority beyond jail settings into routine policing, while reported local operations and misconduct allegations have intensified scrutiny of how that cooperation is carried out.

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North Carolina Agencies

MOA only 2026 sheriff race

32 agencies

		Models		Population	MOA
Alamance County Sheriff's Office Alamance County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	71.6K
Avery County Sheriff's Office Avery County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	14.8K
Beulaville Police Department Duplin County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2025	1.2K
Brookford Police Department Catawba County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2025	453
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Brunswick County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	101.2K
Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office Cabarrus County	County	JEMJail Enforcement	2020	84K
Caldwell County Sheriff's Office Caldwell County	County	TFMTask Force WSOWarrant Service	2020	53.3K
Carteret County Sheriff's Office Carteret County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2025	41.8K
Catawba County Sheriff's Office Catawba County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2025	89.3K
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Cherokee County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2025	27.2K
Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Cleveland County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	64.2K
Columbus County Sheriff's Office Columbus County	County	TFMTask Force WSOWarrant Service	2025	38K
Craven County Sheriff's Office Craven County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2025	44.4K
Duplin County Sheriff's Office Duplin County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	40.4K
Gaston County Sheriff's Office Gaston County	County	JEMJail Enforcement	2020	222.8K
Henderson County Sheriff's Office Henderson County	County	JEMJail Enforcement	2020	95.4K
Kenansville Police Department Duplin County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2026	775	—
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office Lincoln County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	87.7K
Nash County Sheriff's Office Nash County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	49.1K
Newland Police Department Avery County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2025	737
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Wake County	State Agency	WSOWarrant Service	2026	—	—
North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Alcohol Law Enforcement Division Wake County	State Agency	TFMTask Force	2026	—	—
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Wake County	State Agency	TFMTask Force	2026	—	—
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Wake County	State Agency	TFMTask Force	2026	—	—
Onslow County Sheriff's Office Onslow County	County	TFMTask Force WSOWarrant Service	2025	130.1K
Person County Sheriff's Office Person County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2026	32K
Pikeville Police Department Wayne County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2026	733	—
Randolph County Sheriff's Office Randolph County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2020	99.4K
Robbins Police Department Moore County	Municipality	TFMTask Force	2025	1.3K
Rockingham County Sheriff's Office Rockingham County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2019	58K
Sampson County Sheriff's Office Sampson County	County	TFMTask Force	2026	51.8K	—
Union County Sheriff's Office Union County	County	WSOWarrant Service	2025	179.4K

Alamance County Sheriff's Office

Alamance County