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Resident urges commissioners to publicly denounce ICE raids, warns of community harm
Summary
A resident asked the commissioners to pledge that county resources will not be used to assist in warrantless ICE actions, framed the raids as civil‑rights threats, and asked officials not to use tax dollars to 'facilitate these violations.'
Andrea Wilson (Lexington Park) used her three minutes during the public forum to urge St. Mary's County commissioners to take a public stance against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids she said are coming to the county and to pledge the county will not use local resources in ways that facilitate warrantless federal enforcement actions.
Wilson framed her remarks in constitutional terms, invoking the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and saying losing protections for some residents endangers civil rights for all. She warned of the economic and social effects if immigrant workers stop reporting to jobs for fear of enforcement and called on the board: “Do not use our tax dollars to facilitate these violations. Do not allow our local agencies to act as an arm of federal agenda that ignores the fourth amendment.”
She asked commissioners to publicly denounce the tactics and said local officials should ensure county resources are not used to assist warrantless seizures. No formal response from commissioners or staff is recorded in the transcript of this forum.
