SALISBURY, N.C. -- Senator Elizabeth Dole's tour of the state came through Salisbury on Wednesday and she spent her time talking to local leaders about immigration reform.

Sheriffs from across the Charlotte area met with Dole at the Rowan County Sheriff's Office and told her their concerns about immigration.

The senator saidshe's pushing for legislation to secure our borders and enforce laws already on the books.

"It's how you weed out the criminal element here. In other words, we want to enforce the law because there's no real system," she said.

Dole said she's working on legislation that would allow sheriff's offices to access a federal database that lists illegal immigrants. She said the biggest problem is funding for training

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