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Investigate and Prosecute ICE officers for unlawful school property detentions

To: Sen. Gile, Del. Bagnall Tudball, Gov. Moore

From: A verified voter in Arnold, MD

June 12

Investigate and Prosecute ICE Officers for Unlawful School Property Detentions Demand accountability for the ICE and DHS officers who detained both parents at a Pre-K graduation in Baltimore without a warrant. Officers who enter school property and seize people without judicial authorization are breaking the law — full stop. They should be arrested and prosecuted like anyone else who commits unlawful detention. This is not a border enforcement story. This is agents in tactical gear terrorizing a Pre-K graduation, traumatizing children and families in one of the few spaces that should be unambiguously safe. Warrantless arrests on school grounds violate Fourth Amendment protections that apply to everyone on U.S. soil. If we allow federal agents to operate above the law, we have no rule of law at all. I want you to call for a criminal referral for the officers involved in Baltimore, push for legislation explicitly prohibiting immigration enforcement at schools, hospitals, and houses of worship without a warrant, and go on record supporting the abolition of ICE. This agency has a documented history of rights violations that no reform has fixed. It needs to end.

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