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Residents urge council to reject 287(g) partnership with ICE; council says any agreement would involve public engagement
Summary
More than a dozen residents, immigrant advocates and community groups urged the Wicomico County Council at public comment on Sept. 2 to reject any participation in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program; council members said nothing is finalized and public engagement would occur before any local action.
At the Sept. 2 public comment period, numerous residents, immigrant-rights advocates and NAACP representatives urged the Wicomico County Council to oppose any local participation in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program.
Speakers representing community groups and service providers described the program as costly to local governments and harmful to immigrant families and community trust. Samuel Henry, first vice president of the Wicomico County NAACP, said 287(g) "is about racial profiling" and warned that giving local law…
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