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Residents urge caution, liability review as council hears wide public concern over proposed 287(g) collaboration with ICE
Summary
Multiple residents, advocacy groups and council members urged transparency and a legal and fiscal liability review before Wicomico County proceeds with any 287(g)-style agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Speakers described fear in immigrant communities and asked for public briefings and a county attorney assessment.
Speakers at the Wicomico County Council’s Sept. 16 legislative session urged the county to halt plans for any immigration enforcement partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement until legal, financial and operational questions are answered.
During the meeting’s public comment period, more than a dozen residents, community advocates and organizational leaders described concerns about a possible 287(g) arrangement that would give local officers limited immigration enforcement authority. They asked the county to publish any memoranda of understanding, explain likely costs, and provide information on training and detainee handling.
Monica Brooks, president of the Wicomico County NAACP, asked the council to “request that the county attorney conduct a comprehensive…
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