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Maryland’s ‘Dignity Not Detention Act’ Will Deliver Neither
Localities lose money, alien detainees lose family support, and the public will be less safe
By Andrew R. Arthur on May 13, 2021

The Maryland state legislature passed HB 16, the “Dignity Not Detention Act”, this week. It’s the sort of legislation “progressive” legislators pass when they have little understanding of how our immigration system — or the world — works. It won’t have much impact on ICE detention, but it will move detainees farther away from family, while costing localities — and their residents.

Briefly, that bill would prohibit local jurisdictions and the state from entering into and renewing ICE detention agreements, prohibit state and local law enforcement from inquiring into the immigration status of suspected illegal aliens, and limit transfers of state and local criminals to ICE.

The Baltimore Sun reports that at the present time, three Maryland counties — Worcester, Howard, and Frederick — have such contracts with ICE to detain aliens.

https://cis.org/Arthur/Marylands-Dignity-Not-Detention-Act-Will-Deliver-Neither