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Blackvegetable » Today, 7:44 am » wrote: ↑

Today, 7:44 am

You haven't read Judge Kaplan's ruling.

Mryland has red edges..  I live in one... And I could give a **** about this story.

Seventeen of Maryland’s 24 sheriffs, represented by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the state to block the recently passed Community Trust Act.Key Details of the Lawsuit and ActThe Lawsuit: Filed in U.S. District Court, the sheriffs name Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown as defendants. The lawsuit claims the act is an unconstitutional overreach that violates the Supremacy Clause and interferes with federal immigration enforcement.The Community Trust Act: The emergency legislation was fast-tracked by the Maryland General Assembly and allowed to become law by Gov. Wes Moore without his signature. It heavily restricts state and local law enforcement from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Core Restrictions:Bars local authorities from holding undocumented individuals beyond their release date or honoring ICE detainers without a judicial warrant.Prohibits local corrections deputies from asking detained individuals about their immigration status.Effectively ends formal \(287(g)\) agreements between local agencies and federal immigration agents across the state.Exceptions: Local police and sheriff's departments are still permitted to notify ICE if a detainee is a convicted felon, a registered sex offender, or has served extensive time in prison.Local Impact and Sheriffs' StanceSupporters of the Lawsuit: Sheriffs from jurisdictions like Frederick, Harford, and the Eastern Shore (e.g., Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester) argue the act "kneecaps" them, claiming it threatens public safety by forcing the release of criminal offenders who could otherwise be transferred to ICE custody.State Stance: Proponents of the act and the Attorney General’s office counter that the law does not obstruct federal enforcement but rather establishes necessary due process protections and prevents local police from acting as federal immigration agents.The sheriffs are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction and halt the act’s enforcement before its provisions take full effect.