Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, backed by other sheriffs and Senate Republicans, speaks at a news conference Tuesday in defense of 287(g) agreements with federal immigration agencies. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)
Two days before a Maryland Senate committee hears a bill that would ban local law enforcement agencies from entering into immigration enforcement agreements with the federal government, some sheriffs gathered Tuesday in Annapolis to tell lawmakers to let them “do their job.”
Specifically, the sheriffs want to continue operating under 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that let them hold suspects an additional 48 hours, if they are determined to be undocumented, to hand over to ICE for immigration proceedings…