In a liberal area of Western North Carolina, local candidates are looking for ways that they can flex their discretion in the face of state mandates on detention and immigration enforcement.

https://boltsmag.org/buncombe-county-district-attorney-sheriff-elections-and-state-preemption/

In Asheville's Elections, a View into How North Carolina Is Constraining Local Officials - Bolts

In liberal Buncombe County, elected officials have watched the state shrink their powers over detention and immigration. Now that looms large over the March race for district attorney.

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