AG Brian Frosh Advises Jails NOT to Work With FEDS on Enforcing Illegal Immigration Law
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Maryland’s top lawyer is advising local jails that they should not honor requests from federal officials to hold people suspected of immigration violations for up to 48 hours past their release date.
The guidance from Attorney General Brian Frosh says local jails should only hold suchpeople longer when immigration officials present a warrant signed by a judge. Otherwise, he cautioned, the jails could be sued for unlawful detention under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution.
