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1 results foundAuthor: CASA de Maryland Title: Frederick County Immigration Enforcement: Fighting Crime of Just Fighting Immigrants? Summary: In February 2008, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office finalized a formal agreement with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and began training twenty-six Frederick County deputies in immigration enforcement. The agreement is known as a 287(g) agreement in reference to the section authorizing cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Frederick County also began participating in ICE’s Criminal Alien Program. This is the first 287(g) agreement in Maryland. CASA de Maryland, the largest immigrant service and advocacy organization in Maryland conducted an empirical and comparative analysis of current and predicted costs, incarceration rates and community impact, including crime fighting capacity. The study reveals that the Frederick County’s planned immigration enforcement program will result in negative consequences and cause unprecedented harm for residents of Frederick County and for Maryland. The report’s key findings: Frederick County is investing more per person and more per foreign-born person than any of the similar jurisdictions that have implemented such programs. In fact, Frederick County is investing about two times as much as the next closest jurisdiction per person and over three times as much as the next closest jurisdiction per foreign-born person; Frederick County has trained 14% of its force on immigration enforcement, compared to 3% and 1% of similar jurisdictions in Virginia; Frederick County’s immigration enforcement program will have a negative impact on public safety by discouraging trust and cooperation with law enforcement; The estimated cost of immigration enforcement, in contrast to the Sheriff’s publicly stated estimate of “zero”, is $3,217,220 per year, not including the cost of liability; Frederick County has an alarmingly high incarceration rate for Latinos. It has increased almost 400% in the last five years and is more than double the population of Latinos in the county; The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office already likely engages in racial profiling of Latinos, and obscures the problem by recording most Latinos as “white” during police stops. The program will result in an increase in racial profiling, which is harmful to all Latinos, all African-Americans and all foreign-born persons. Key recommendations include: Sheriff Jenkins and the Frederick County Sheriff's Office halt its immigration enforcement program by terminating the 287(g) agreement; Investigate racial profiling by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office; Investigate the rise of Latino inmates in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center; Implement a community, school and social service response plan in the event of family separation caused by detention or deportation. Details: Silver Spring, MD: CASA de Maryland, 2008. 30p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 20, 2012 at http://www.casademaryland.org/storage/documents/frederick%20report.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.casademaryland.org/storage/documents/frederick%20report.pdf Shelf Number: 124587 Keywords: BiasImmigrant Detention (Maryland)Immigration Enforcement (Maryland)LatinosPolice Behavior (Maryland)Policing (Maryland)Racial Disparities (Maryland) |