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The national debate over federal immigration policies landed in Montgomery County this week, with dozens of residents testifying before the County Council on whether the state’s most populous county should spend taxpayer dollars to provide lawyers to immigrants facing deportation.
Baltimore City and Prince George’s County in Maryland, along with Chicago, Atlanta and other jurisdictions across the country, have launched or expanded legal-aid programs as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to deport immigrants.
Now Montgomery — a county of about 1 million residents, nearly 1 in 3 of whom is foreign-born — is weighing whether to follow suit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ec3b0d4f874d
What could go wrong?
ICE officers arrest driver in crash that killed two law enforcement officers in Maryland. Federal immigration officers on Thursday arrested the driver of a Honda Accord that fatally struck two law enforcement officers in Maryland late last year, officials said Friday.
Roberto Garza Palacios, 28, was taken into custody at his residence, said Justine Whelan, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...2c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.66cb7550a7ba
A Gaithersburg High School employee inappropriately touched three people, two of whom are juveniles, Montgomery County, Maryland, police said Wednesday.
Ancelmo Osmin Diaz, 59, is charged with one count of second-degree assault; six counts of sexual abuse of a minor; and seven counts of fourth-degree sex offense.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/05/high-school-employee-charged-inappropriate-touching/
On Sunday, Montgomery County Police announced Ruel Francis Dempster II, 30, was arrested by Mexico’s federal police agency close to the U.S.-Mexico border for the murder of his 34-year-old wife Alice Mino Dennis.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/...-in-mexico-for-wifes-murder-was-on-probation/
An inmate at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility has been charged with attempted murder after police say he violently attacked a correctional officer early Sunday morning. 26-year-old Edgar Alfonso Borrera assaulted a correctional officer in front of the cells in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, located in Boyds, Maryland.
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/...ed-murder-montgomery-co-correctional-officer/
These are a few of the many crime stories from Montgomery Co. in just the past 2 weeks. Enjoy your future liberals. :2wave: