Maryland
Maryland enacts ban on new 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements; counties given 90 days to exit
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed emergency legislation on February 17, 2026, barring the state and local jurisdictions from entering into or maintaining agreements that deputize local officers for federal civil immigration enforcement under ICE’s 287(g) program. The measure gives jurisdictions with existing 287(g) agreements 90 days to end them, while supporters and critics continue to dispute the public-safety and community-trust implications.
Dayton James Webber, a professional cornhole player who lost all four limbs as a baby, stands accused of shooting and killing his friend Bradrick Michael Wells during a car argument in Maryland. Witnesses refused to help dispose of the body, prompting police involvement. Webber was later located in Virginia.
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Jonah Michael Poole, a 19-year-old from Maryland, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his former boss Edward Koza. Poole and his girlfriend Kylee Alyssa Dakes allegedly bound Koza and set his car on fire with him inside at his workplace. The incident occurred at Tropic Bay Water Gardens in Davidsonville.