Wicomico Officials React to DOJ Suit Against Maryland

Maryland attorney general defends sanctuary immigration law against federal challenge

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is refuting the Justice Department's claim that his state's newly expanded immigration sanctuary policies are unconstitutional.

Wicomico officials react to DOJ suit against Maryland

  Salisbury, Md. – Local officials react after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Maryland and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Thursday over what the DOJ refers to as “sanctuary immigration policies.” Multiple sheriffs statewide went to Annapolis in May to testify against and to sue the state over the Community Trust Act, legislation that restricts...

Trump administration sues the state over passage of the Community Trust Act

The Trump administration sued the state of Maryland Thursday, claiming that the state’s new immigrant protection law, the Community Trust Act, interferes with the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law and control illegal immigration. The 26-page complaint, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, asks the court to  invalidate […]

Maryland sheriffs say DOJ lawsuit confirms Community Trust Act concerns

BALTIMORE – The Justice Department’s lawsuit challenging Maryland’s new immigration law has sharpened a growing divide over immigration enforcement, with local sheriffs telling The Baltimore Sun the measure leaves them caught between conflicting state and federal directives, while top Maryland…

Maryland Black Caucus Chair Defends Community Trust Act amid DOJ Lawsuit

Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Chair Del. N. Scott Phillips defended the state's Community Trust Act, a law intended to foster trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement, following a legal challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice.