As this year’s budget process nears its conclusion, Gov. Hogan has released two supplemental budgets to address needs not covered by his original January proposal. The first supplement included new funding for law enforcement equipment and technology projects, measures to
Carrying out federal immigration detention requests costs money that can be better used elsewhere Given before the House Judiciary Committee The Maryland Center on Economic Policy supports House Bill 29 Jailing suspected undocumented immigrants at the request of federal officials
Carrying out federal immigration detention requests costs money that can be better used elsewhere Given before the Judicial Proceedings Committee Download
The federal government’s increasing reliance on state and local enforcement of immigration policies is costing Maryland money that could be better spent in other ways. As a new report from MDCEP explains, this is especially a problem with what are
Jailing suspected undocumented immigrants at the request of federal officials costs Maryland and its localities hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, using scarce state and local resources that could be better spent on more pressing law enforcement needs. The
