WASHINGTON — As Maryland’s General Assembly wraps up its session Monday, pieces of a withdrawn “sanctuary bill” may move forward in another bill.
The “Trust Act,” which Governor Larry Hogan and Senate President Mike Miller have called a sanctuary bill, would limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement in the state.
The Baltimore Sun reports a piece of that original act has survived and has been tucked inside another bill to be voted on Monday by both houses.
The new measure would bar local or state police officers from stopping someone and asking them their immigration status before an arrest. But that practice has already been banned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Local and state police do not have federal immigration authority.
Some Maryland lawmakers see this as more of a statement to immigrants — that police should not and will not be targeting them for their immigration status.
