Follow up to my post today – Delegation of Immigration Authority Section 287(g) Immigration and Nationality Act – See Also via the Washington Post: “Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation ending 287(g) agreements between the state’s law enforcement agencies and the federal immigration enforcement agency. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law Tuesday emergency legislation that bans local law enforcement agencies from formally facilitating federal immigration arrests, taking a defiant step against the Trump administration as it weighs where to bring its immigration crackdown next. The ban forces nine sheriff’s offices in the state to immediately sever agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — including the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, which had one of the nation’s longest-running 287(g) agreements. The federal government uses the agreements to help ICE agents take into custody people they allege are in the country illegally; immigrant rights advocates in Maryland have been lobbying against the partnerships for more than a decade…”

See also via the Washington Post [no paywall]- “Elected Democrats in major U.S. cities have banded together to try to block the Trump administration from aggressive immigration operations such as the one now winding down in Minneapolis, issuing a slate of policy changes and vowing to prosecute agents who violate local laws. Over the past two weeks, mayors in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Oakland and Seattle have signed executive orders attempting to restrict how and where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can operate in their cities. The policies broadly seek to restrict ICE agents from city property and parks and, in some cases, direct local police to monitor the activities of federal agents…”