ICE agents may be given more access to Montgomery Co. jail

An executive order relating to immigration enforcement that took effect in Montgomery County last month might be changed.

The order bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering secure parts of the county jail. As a result, people released to the agency’s custody have to go through a secure door and into a lobby area before an ICE agent can retrieve them.

County Executive Marc Elrich said Tuesday night that he will consider changing that restriction.

“We are going to look at that because there are questions that people have raised about not just the safety of ICE officials, but the safety of anybody else who might be out there (in the lobby),” said Elrich.

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