Legislation to ban formal agreements between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cleared its first vote in the Maryland Senate on Thursday. These formal partnerships are known as 287(g) agreements, which enable local law enforcement to work in collaborati on with federal agents to enforce civil immigration laws. SB0245 would prevent Maryland entities from entering these types of agreements and would require the eight counties that currently participate in them to terminate the partnerships. Read more (and listen) at WYPR. ...read more read less