Overview
- Hundreds rallied at Hopkins Plaza and planned a demonstration at the George H. Fallon Federal Building, chanting for an end to immigration enforcement and deportations.
- Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation joined the outcry, with Reps. Kweisi Mfume and Johnny Olszewski calling for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s ouster or impeachment and Sen. Chris Van Hollen criticizing ICE tactics as out of control.
- City Councilman Mark Conway outlined legislation to bar ICE from nonpublic city spaces without a judge-issued warrant, separate local policing from immigration enforcement, and prohibit city participation in ICE staging, and he also urged pension divestment tied to ICE operations.
- The ACLU of Maryland said it is working in Annapolis to eliminate agreements that let ICE operate across eight counties in the state.
- The push follows a video that lawmakers say shows detainees packed and lying on the floor inside Baltimore’s ICE office, and ICE did not provide comment in the reports.