ANNAPOLIS, Md. – All of Maryland’s Eastern Shore sheriffs are now part of a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s newly passed immigration enforcement restrictions, escalating a fight that has drawn sharp reaction from local law enforcement for months.
The lawsuit, filed on May 26 in U.S. District Court, includes the sheriffs of Caroline, Dorchester, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, alongside sheriffs from several other Maryland counties and the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association. The suit names Governor Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown and multiple state agencies as defendants.
According to the complaint, the sheriffs are challenging the state’s new Community Trust Act and a separate law banning 287(g) agreements between local law enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement…