At least eight other states — Washington, Illinois, California, Oregon, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware and Connecticut — have either prohibited or set restrictions on 287(g) partnerships involving local police and sheriff’s offices. Abigail Spanberger (D) recently ordered state law enforcement agencies to dissolve any partnership agreements with federal immigration enforcement agencies, and state lawmakers there and in New York are weighing 287(g) bans. Frederick County Sheriff Charles A. Jenkins said Tuesday that he was “very frustrated and disappointed” in the new 287(g) ban in Maryland. The legislation signed by Moore on Tuesday applies to all four types of ICE partnerships: the Task Force Model, the Tribal Task Force Model, the Jail Enforcement Model and the Warrant Service Officer Program. “This bill is so important because Maryland is speaking,” House Speaker Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (D-Prince George’s), an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who co-sponsored last year’s 287(g) ban, said Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post February 18, 2026 08:35 UTC