ICE ends detainee housing contract with Maryland county | Maryland Daily Record

Associated Press//January 18, 2019

By Associated Press

//January 18, 2019

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman announces the Maryland county is ending its contract with federal officials to screen detainees in county jails for immigration status during a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018 in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

GLEN BURNIE — Weeks after a Maryland county stopped alerting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the immigration status of its jail inmates, the federal agency is withdrawing from its contract to house detainees there — a decision that will cost the county millions in revenue.

The Capital reports the agency gave Anne Arundel County three months’ notice in a letter Wednesday. The county received about $4 million last year to house up to 130 ICE detainees.

County Executive Steuart Pittman withdrew from the 287(g) program in December, saying it didn’t make people safer. He also proposed using the money from the ICE contract to pay for legal help for the detainees.

He said he didn’t know why ICE withdrew. ICE didn’t immediately return the newspaper’s request for comment.

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