Calling it "cruel...inhumane....and unacceptable," Maryland democratic lawmakers vowed to ban the practice of local police departments partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help in immigration enforcement.

Known as 287(g), local law enforcement officers are trained and certified by ICE to perform specific immigration-related duties, allowing them to identify and process individuals for deportation who have been arrested for other crimes.

Currently, eight counties in Maryland have 287(g) agreements - Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, St. Mary's, and Washington - which allow them to serve warrants and screen detainees.

A bill called the Maryland Values Act, proposed in the last legislative session, was designed to protect immigrants and included

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