Federal immigration officials say Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman undermined their public safety mission by ending participation in the 287(g) program, which trained corrections officers to screen inmates for immigration violations.
In a statement emailed to The Capital, a spokesman for the agency said the decision to end a contract with the county for housing immigration detainees was directly tied to Pittman’s decision to stop participating in the screening program.
“ICE looks to partner with counties that are willing to cooperate in support of our public safety mission and believes the (county’s) decision to terminate the agreement undermines this mission,” Vincent Picard, acting assistant director for ICE Public Affairs, wrote late Friday.
The statement by ICE is the first public explanation of the decision to end the contract and comes just days before the County Council is expected to consider two resolutions asking Pittman to reconsider.
The county executive announced last month that he was ending the county’s participation in 287(g) in the Ordnance Road Corrections Center in Glen Burnie.
He also announced that he wanted to continue a separate contract, which paid the county to house 130 ICE detainees awaiting immigration status hearings in Baltimore.
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5 comments:
MD is a Sanctuary State and supports illegals. They give them drivers license and register them to vote. Serves MD right. No Jail should incarcerate / hold Federal inmates and get paid for it if they do not obey Federal law and cooperate with Federal Agencies. Hogan are you crying yet? You still are not using your "VETO" pen or has Miller and Busch taken it from you?
They just lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Serves them right.
Again for those that forgot already / hogan=RINO
Md is going by way of California and New York
Once a great state becoming another cesspool
Hogan is a huge disappointment
Anne Arundel County just got Trumped! Gotta love it.
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