Explore issues related to immigration enforcement and policy within Wicomico County. Key topics include the proposed 287(g) agreement with ICE, the roles of the Sheriff and County Executive, costs, legal implications, transparency, and community reactions.
Immigration
Open Agenda TV: S3 E8 - County Executive Signs 287g Agreement
We discuss the January 23rd press conference at which County Executive Giordano and Sheriff Lewis announced that a 287(g) agreement with ICE had been signed. However, it may be short-lived, as both houses of the Maryland legislature passed bills this...
S2 E80 ICE Arrest Intimidates Pinehurst Neighborhood
OPEN AGENDA has produced a special year-end episode (S2 E80) to address ICE's recent arrest and ongoing detention of a 24-year-old mother, Vanessa Parrazal, who was brought to the U.S. illegally at the age of two. The arrest, which involved busting o...
Open Agenda TV S2 E70 What Legal Maneuvers Remain for The County Executive to Work with ICE
Although the County Executive recently stated that she's going to delay entering into a 287(g) agreement until after next year's state legislative session, she may be seeking other means to assist ICE with serving immigration warrants. Former County...
Open Agenda S2 E66: ICE is Melting Beneath the County Executive's Plan to Weaponize Government
It looks like the agreement with ICE has been crushed in Wicomico County. On the Friday, November 7 edition of OPEN AGENDA (S2 E66) you'll see how the County Executive, without prior notice, pulled out of her much publicized and highly controversial...
Open Agenda TV: S2 E62 Caring About our Community ICE Updates with Monica Brooks
The president of the Wicomico NAACP, Monica Brooks, joins us in the studio to discuss the county's impending 287(g) agreement with ICE. We'll show you video of Sheriff Mike Lewis' public statements about 287(g) made at a recent Compensation Commissio...
Open Agenda TV: S2 E53 Debunking the Briefing Book for County Council Meeting
On the October 6 edition of OPEN AGENDA (S2 E53), we give you a preview of the important County Council meeting taking place Tuesday 10/7 at the Government Office Bldg., Rm. 301 at 6:00 p.m. A work session will take place to discuss the impending Me...
Open Agenda TV: S2 E50 ICE Drama and Political Actors at the City Council Meeting
S2 E50: ICE DRAMA & POLITICAL ACTORS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Open Agenda TV: S2 E48 Talking Chickens Airplanes Immigration with Bob Taylor
On the Saturday 9/20 installment of OPEN AGENDA (S2 E48) we bring you footage from the ribbon cutting at the new UMES Aviation Maintenance School located at Salisbury Regional Airport (they have some very cool aircraft and equipment there to see). Th...
Open Agenda S2 E44 287G MOU Update with Jim Adkins
The Wicomico County Sheriff and County Executive recently announced their intention to enter into a MOU with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the 287(g) program. Due to the lack of communication with the County Council or the pu...