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Activists have continued to push back against Carroll County’s cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even as a dozen sheriff’s deputies are gearing up to begin carrying out immigration-related warrants<\/a> at the county jail next week as part of the 287(g) program.<\/p>\n

Carroll County deputies will start serving the ICE warrants, which allow them to hold a suspect for up to two days, on Aug. 1. The agreement with ICE only affects detainees in the county’s detention center; it does not mean that deputies will actively go out in the community to serve the ICE warrants.<\/p>\n

According to the agreement the county signed with ICE earlier this year, the Sheriff’s Office is “expected to pursue to completion all criminal charges that caused the alien to be taken into custody and over which it has jurisdiction. ICE will assume custody of an alien only after said individual has been released from [the Sheriff’s Office] custody.”<\/p>\n

In the wake of a national outcry about President Donald Trump’s stepped-up deportation<\/a> efforts and the way they’re being carried out<\/a>, activists in Carroll County have been rallying every Monday night in front of county offices in Westminster.<\/p>\n

DeWees called critics of the program “incredibly naive,” in a Maryland Matters article<\/a> this week, saying: \u201cThis is a jail-based model. We are not running around looking for people that ICE wants.”<\/p>\n

DeWees also “said the program isn\u2019t discriminatory, as each person\u2019s immigration status is checked, regardless of who they are,” according to Maryland Matters.<\/p>\n

The rallies are now in their fifth week, and have drawn about 15 to 25 people each time.<\/p>\n

“It’s growing every week,” said Natalie Sanchez, who has lived in Eldersburg for more than 20 years and helped organize a local group called Carroll County Immigrant Rights Defense.<\/p>\n

A petition urging Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees to end the ICE agreement<\/a> has more than 550 signatures, and notes: “Carroll County residents\u2019 politics are varied, but we are united in our desire to keep an inhumane, illegal, and weaponized immigration system out of our county. We have seen how ICE agents violated Elsy Berrios\u2019 rights<\/a> in our community… Under any circumstances, we do not support local cooperation with ICE or 287(g) agreements, which have been shown to be racist and dangerous for communities. Under the current presidential administration, cooperation with ICE and implementation of 287(g) agreements amount to local facilitation of and complicity with illegal and inhumane orders.”<\/p>\n

Berrios, 52, was arrested on March 31 by ICE officers while driving herself, her daughter and another woman to work at a Carroll County clothing manufacturer, local law enforcement and her lawyer said. Her daughter, Karen Cruz Berrios, took video of the arrest from the passenger seat.\u00a0Officers refused to show her a warrant for her arrest despite her requests, video of the arrest shows.<\/p>\n

When Berrios refused to get out of the car without evidence of a warrant, officers broke her car window, letting shattered glass fall on Berrios and into the car. After she stepped out of the car, they arrested her and took her to\u00a0ICE\u2019s Baltimore holding facility.<\/p>\n

The petition was created by Indivisible Carroll County, a chapter of a grassroots progressive movement seeking “to resist the Trump agenda.”<\/p>\n

The 287(g) agreement can be canceled any time<\/a>, although the federal agency requests a 90-day notice. The agreement notes that the participating local law enforcement “personnel are bound by all Federal civil rights law,\u00a0 regulations, and guidance relating to non-discrimination.”<\/p>\n

CASA said it has implemented a “Know Your Rights” campaign, and has training available for anyone concerned about ICE activities in their community.<\/p>\n

“Carroll residents are voicing their distrust and opposition to 287(g),” said Ninfa Amador-Hernandez, policy manager for immigrant advocacy group CASA, on Friday.<\/p>\n

She explained that one of the main reasons is “the ability for flagrant civil-rights violations,” which she said have been seen in Latino communities in adjacent Frederick County.<\/p>\n

With Carroll’s 287(g) agreement becoming active Aug. 1, she said, the group will continue to monitor the county “for any civil rights violations.”<\/p>\n

Sanchez said DeWees doubled down on his commitment to the program when he met with the immigrant-rights group in April.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Kenneth Kiler also declined to take up the group’s request to bring up the 287(g) agreement at an upcoming county meeting.<\/p>\n

“While we would love for the sheriff to listen to the community and actually cancel the agreement, unfortunately we don’t think that’s actually going to happen,” Sanchez said. She said the group will continue to let their elected officials know about residents’ opposition, and support their immigrant neighbors.<\/p>\n

Have a news tip? Contact Bryna Zumer at bzumer@baltsun.com<\/a>, or on X as @brynazumer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Activists have continued to push back against Carroll County's cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even as a dozen sheriff's deputies are gearing up to begin carrying out immigration-related warrants<\/a> at the county jail next week as part of the 287(g) program.<\/p>

Carroll County deputies will start serving the ICE warrants, which allow them to hold a suspect for up to two days, on Aug. 1. The agreement with ICE only affects detainees in the county's detention center; it does not mean that deputies will actively go out in the community to serve the ICE warrants.<\/p>

According to the agreement the county signed with ICE earlier this year, the Sheriff's Office is \"expected to pursue to completion all criminal charges that caused the alien to be taken into custody and over which it has jurisdiction. ICE will assume custody of an alien only after said individual has been released from [the Sheriff's Office] custody.\"<\/p>

In the wake of a national outcry about President Donald Trump's stepped-up deportation<\/a> efforts and the way they're being carried out<\/a>, activists in Carroll County have been rallying every Monday night in front of county offices in Westminster.<\/p>

DeWees called critics of the program \"incredibly naive,\" in a Maryland Matters article<\/a> this week, saying: \u201cThis is a jail-based model. We are not running around looking for people that ICE wants.\"<\/p>

DeWees also \"said the program isn\u2019t discriminatory, as each person\u2019s immigration status is checked, regardless of who they are,\" according to Maryland Matters.<\/p>

The rallies are now in their fifth week, and have drawn about 15 to 25 people each time.<\/p>

\"It's growing every week,\" said Natalie Sanchez, who has lived in Eldersburg for more than 20 years and helped organize a local group called Carroll County Immigrant Rights Defense.<\/p>

A petition urging Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees to end the ICE agreement<\/a> has more than 550 signatures, and notes: \"Carroll County residents\u2019 politics are varied, but we are united in our desire to keep an inhumane, illegal, and weaponized immigration system out of our county. We have seen how ICE agents violated Elsy Berrios\u2019 rights<\/a> in our community... Under any circumstances, we do not support local cooperation with ICE or 287(g) agreements, which have been shown to be racist and dangerous for communities. Under the current presidential administration, cooperation with ICE and implementation of 287(g) agreements amount to local facilitation of and complicity with illegal and inhumane orders.\"<\/p>

Berrios, 52, was arrested on March 31 by ICE officers while driving herself, her daughter and another woman to work at a Carroll County clothing manufacturer, local law enforcement and her lawyer said. Her daughter, Karen Cruz Berrios, took video of the arrest from the passenger seat.\u00a0Officers refused to show her a warrant for her arrest despite her requests, video of the arrest shows.<\/p>

When Berrios refused to get out of the car without evidence of a warrant, officers broke her car window, letting shattered glass fall on Berrios and into the car. After she stepped out of the car, they arrested her and took her to\u00a0ICE\u2019s Baltimore holding facility.<\/p>

The petition was created by Indivisible Carroll County, a chapter of a grassroots progressive movement seeking \"to resist the Trump agenda.\"<\/p>

The 287(g) agreement can be canceled any time<\/a>, although the federal agency requests a 90-day notice. The agreement notes that the participating local law enforcement \"personnel are bound by all Federal civil rights law,\u00a0 regulations, and guidance relating to non-discrimination.\"<\/p>

CASA said it has implemented a \"Know Your Rights\" campaign, and has training available for anyone concerned about ICE activities in their community.<\/p>

\"Carroll residents are voicing their distrust and opposition to 287(g),\" said Ninfa Amador-Hernandez, policy manager for immigrant advocacy group CASA, on Friday.<\/p>

She explained that one of the main reasons is \"the ability for flagrant civil-rights violations,\" which she said have been seen in Latino communities in adjacent Frederick County.<\/p>

With Carroll's 287(g) agreement becoming active Aug. 1, she said, the group will continue to monitor the county \"for any civil rights violations.\"<\/p>

Sanchez said DeWees doubled down on his commitment to the program when he met with the immigrant-rights group in April.<\/p>

Commissioner Kenneth Kiler also declined to take up the group's request to bring up the 287(g) agreement at an upcoming county meeting.<\/p>

\"While we would love for the sheriff to listen to the community and actually cancel the agreement, unfortunately we don't think that's actually going to happen,\" Sanchez said. She said the group will continue to let their elected officials know about residents' opposition, and support their immigrant neighbors.<\/p>

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