present legally in the united states. enforcing immigration laws is the sole responsibility of the federal government of the united states. it is not in the interest of the county. laura: that is the executive of montgomery county, maryland. huber-liberal area, right around here, and he is defending his police department s decision to ignore an i.c.e. detainer request and release an illegal alien charged with rape and assault. just last month, the d.c. suburb became a sanctuary county. the order is intended to ensure that the constitutional rights of immigrants are not violated, and the county benefits and services are provided to residents regardless of country of birth or immigration status. laura: joining me now is tom homan, former acting ic director, fox news contributor. tom, what is your response with the county did here? they are shameless.
our police department may not arrest a person based on an immigration retainer, or any other directive by dhs on a lebelief the person is not present legally in the united states. enforcing immigration laws is the sole responsibility of the federal government of the united states. it is not in the interest of the county. laura: that is mark erlich, the executive of montgomery county, maryland. uber-liberal area, right around here,io and he is defending his police department s decision to ignore an i.c.e. detainer request and release an illegal alien charged with rape and hasault.n just last month, the d.c. suburb became a sanctuary county. the presiden ts order is intendedha to ensure that the constitutional rights of immigrants are not violated, and the county benefits and services areol provided to residents regardless of country of birth or immigration status. laura: joining me now is tom homan, former acting i.c.e. director, foxgr news contributo. tom, what is your response
federal officers. we had critical mass in the statute the state passes, one step too far. rob: details on the stories are really amazing, check it out on our website. j inslee signed a new law preventing any jail or prison in the state from honoring ice detainer request or even notifying ice. jillian: a denver man is in critical condition after getting sick in the dominican republic. his family says he was forced off his flight and sent to a hospital in santo domingo but his diagnosis is unclear. dominican hotel released a forensic report blaming layla caught s intense death on a heart attack. she s one of 12 americans to die in the dr since last summer. how about this? jussie smollett googled himself
heather: let s talk about this. i want to hear the explanation. maryland jail defending their decision to release these ms 13 killers in spite of an ice detainer. what happened is this murder happens of a 14-year-old girl last week, these two teenagers from el salvador suspected of being ms 13, they were arrested, charged and freed. the problem, why didn t they give them to ice? it is true state and local governments don t have to help the us government enforce immigration law. on the other hand, this is a major public safety threat to their community. putting people back in their community, a threat to their community, even people who are illegal aliens don t want that, don t want to be victimized by ms 13.
hour later. this isn t the job they signed up for. for this congresswoman to attack them is disgusting. you see the democrats make some sort of statement i m figuring out what s more disgusting the statement yesterday or the statement today. steve: apparently she has actually visited the border in the past. pete: even worse. steve: let s talk about prince george s county, maryland outside of washington, d.c. they are defending their action. they released a couple of ms-13 gang members. there was an ice detainer out on them prince george s county didn t call when they released them. they say it s a violation of the fourth amendment of the constitution to hold someone without due process and a warrant. if you really want somebody, get us a warrant and we will hold them for them. what prince george s county is saying give us a warrant. the ice detainer isn t going to work here. okay. first thing, if she did visit the border, she didn t pay attention.