"Outraged by the Trump administration’s escalating immigration enforcement tactics, a Maryland lawmaker proposed banning agents recruited and hired to carry out the president’s mass deportations from ever working in state public safety jobs. “It says something about the morals of the person — the character of the person — if they see what’s happening on TV, they see what happening in the streets and say, ‘You know what? I want to join that,’ ” said Del. Adrian Boafo (D-Prince George’s), the bill’s sponsor. “Something’s off about that,” he said. Boafo announced his “ICE Breaker Act of 2026” hours before a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, which sparked protests and renewed accusations that President Donald Trump unleashed a reckless force into communities."
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Erin Cox, bill seeks to ban Trump’s ICE agents from joining state police", The Washington Post, 11 January 2026
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