Montgomery Co. Residents Back 2 Bills to Limit How ICE Operates in Its Borders

Montgomery Co. residents back 2 bills to limit how ICE operates in its borders

Amos Fon, who’s originally from Cameroon, is active in his church community and visits churches across Montgomery County. But he said he’s seeing something distressing. “Churches that were full of people are now almost empty,” he told WTOP. But, he said, the thing that’s emptying churches isn’t due to what’s happening inside those sacred spaces. “People are not staying away because they lost faith, they are staying away because they are afraid,”…

Montgomery County Values Act: How One Maryland Jurisdiction Is Blocking ICE From County Property

Montgomery County Council introduced two significant bills on January 20, 2026, designed to limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on county property and restrict federal immigration enforcement tactics. The measures—the County Values Act and the Unmask ICE Act—represent an escalation in local resistance to Trump administration enforcement priorities and follow the county’s earlier introduction of the Trust Act in December 202…