Democratic Maryland Senate candidate Angela Allbrooks expressed interest in helping the federal government enforce immigration laws while serving as Prince George’s County executive in 2019, according to a resurfaced video. He said no.
Also Brooks, busy He vowed to members of a Latino-focused medical nonprofit not to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. He believed that doing so was beyond his duty as a local public official. As of September 9, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Baltimore, the state’s largest city, had arrested 161 non-national sex offenders, a record high. Baltimore County, like Allbrooks’ Prince George’s County, is a “sanctuary” jurisdiction that limits how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
“As you probably know by now, we’ve made a very big statement saying, local government, I have no interest in immigration or detainee services or anything like that. I told La Clinica del Pueblo employees in 2019,” Alsobrooks told La Clinica del Pueblo employees in 2019. (Related article: Democratic lawmaker in high-stakes election says he’s “not beholden” to corporate profits raked in with lobbyist funds.)
As Prince George’s County executive, Alsobrooks implemented a policy in which the county would notify ICE of illegal immigrants only if they were arrested and charged with gang-related or violent crimes. According to Visit her campaign website. She also advocated for allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses during her tenure as state attorney in 2013.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan’s campaign spokesperson Blake Kernan told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “The fact is clear that County Executive Alsobrooks has recused himself from the record on this issue.” ” he said. “In her first year in office, she banned Prince George’s County from detaining ICE detainees, and the results were devastating. Alzarbrooks continued to kill 14-year-old girls in Anne Arundel County after they were released.” In 2019, she said, “We will not participate in immigration enforcement.” ” and has kept that promise. When she tells her side, voters should listen. ”
Two undocumented teens in Prince George’s County were arrested for attempted murder in 2018 and released in 2019, Fox Baltimore reported. reported. Detention requests from ICE were ignored by local authorities, and the two were charged with murder in May 2019 in connection with the 14-year-old girl’s death.
September poll conducted by Gonzalez Research & Media Services, Inc. Found 84% of Marylanders believe local law enforcement should be required to cooperate with ICE if detained immigrants have criminal records. Polls show a majority of Americans also support mass deportation.
In Maryland, even when illegal immigrants are detained for sex crimes, they often receive relatively light sentences. For example, the Baltimore County Circuit Court has sentenced undocumented immigrants accused of child sex crimes to much lighter sentences than other immigrants accused of similar crimes, and sentenced illegal immigrants accused of child sex crimes to much lighter sentences than other immigrants accused of similar crimes; One was sentenced to just 18 months in prison.
President Joe Biden won the state by more than 30 points in 2020, Politico reported. On the other hand, Hogan trail FiveThirtyEight’s latest voting average shows Alsobrooks by less than 10 points.
Allbrooks’ camp did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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