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House rejects amendment to preserve 287(g) jail-enforcement agreements; debate pits public‑safety advocates against civil‑liberty concerns
Summary
Delegates voted down an amendment that would have protected counties already using 287(g) jail‑enforcement agreements with ICE. Supporters said agreements help remove violent criminal aliens; opponents said ICE can do its job and that agreements risk deputizing local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.
A contentious debate on the Maryland House floor centered on 287(g) agreements — memoranda of understanding between local law enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that allow local jails to identify, process and, in some models, hold noncitizens who may be removable.
A floor amendment would have grandfathered jurisdictions that already participate in the 287(g) jail enforcement model and allowed pending applications to proceed. The proposed amendment emphasized that 287(g) in Maryland is used in the “jail enforcement” model — identification and processing of removable individuals detained in local facilities — and that local officials credit the agreements…
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