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Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-Gonz谩lez (D-Dist. 6)聽traveled聽to Annapolis on Thursday to support a bill聽in the General Assembly聽that would ban local law enforcement agencies in Maryland from聽having formal聽agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement聽(ICE).
The lead sponsor of聽聽is state Sen. Will Smith (D-Dist. 20), whose district includes parts of Silver Spring and Takoma Park.聽The bill concerns the聽, which allows ICE to delegate certain tasks to agents of participating law enforcement agencies.
During a Thursday hearing before the Senate鈥檚 Judicial Proceedings Committee, Smith said ICE under the Republican administration of President Donald Trump has become a tool 鈥渢o vilify immigrants, to stoke fear, to disrupt lives and communities, and to divide us.鈥�
