Baltimore County designated only ‘sanctuary’ jurisdiction in Maryland, says it’s a mistake

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents arrest criminal suspects in this file photo from 2019. (Photo courtesy Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

The Justice Department released a sharply reduced list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” Tuesday that identified Baltimore County as the only such jurisdiction in the state — a designation that Baltimore County officials insist is a mistake.

“Baltimore County is not a ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’. We believe our inclusion on this list was in error,” County Executive Kathy Klausmeier in a prepared statement after the release of the new list Tuesday. “Our Office of Law is currently contacting the Department of Justice to correct this mistake.”…

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