A county council in Maryland voted to pass a bill that bans immigration enforcement officials working under the Trump administration from being able to hold government jobs.
The Montgomery County Council unanimously passed the Community Trust in County Employees Act, which prevents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) employees from holding jobs in the “police department, libraries and fire and rescue,” according to Bethesda Today.
The bill, which was sponsored by Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink (D), “applies to anyone employed” by ICE and CBP “on or after Oct. 1, 2025.”
According to the outlet, “the prohibition also applies to people, including contractors or employees of other federal government agencies, who were assigned to ‘support, direct, administer, aid, or otherwise participate’ in immigration enforcement”:
The prohibition also applies to people, including contractors or employees of other federal government agencies, who were assigned to “support, direct, administer, aid, or otherwise participate” in immigration enforcement during the same period…