A Maryland lawmaker says it’s time to require every state and local jail to hand over immigrants who are in the country illegally to federal officials.
Maryland Delegate Kathy Szeliga, a Republican whose district includes Harford and Baltimore counties, wants her colleagues to pass House Bill 817. She calls it a very simple bill.
“The bill simply says that, if asked, local law enforcement will turn a criminal alien over to Homeland Security,” Szeliga said.
Szeliga held a news conference in Annapolis with the family members of two men who were killed in a crash on I-270 in Dec. 2017. FBI agent Carlos Wolff was killed along with arson investigator Sander Cohen when a car driven by 28-year-old Roberto Garza Palacios, a Guatemalan immigrant in the country illegally, struck and killed them both.
Garza Palacios had previous criminal convictions in the county, and at one point, ICE asked officials with the Montgomery County jail to put a hold on him. That request was not honored.
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4 comments:
You go girl! Unfortunately it will never pass.
This law should be passed without hesitation.
I say the Local Jails notify ICE without having to be asked. You go girl. Tired of living in a sanctuary State.
We live in the city of Salisbury and follow their laws. We also live in Wicomico county and follow their laws, we also live in the state of Maryland and follow their laws. We also live in the United States and . . . Wait a minute. Why is it that the state can say to hell with Federal laws? If they can do that, then who the hell are Federal laws made for?
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