# Sec. 2-524. Civil immigration enforcement

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 2-524. Civil immigration enforcement

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-524 (2026)

(a) Traffic Stops and Police-Civilian Contact. No agent or agency may initiate an investigation or otherwise take law enforcement action solely based on the actual or perceived immigration status of a person, including the initiation of a stop, apprehension, arrest, or any other field of contact.

  (1) No agent or agency may require persons to prove their citizenship status, country of origin, or information related to their immigration status in the United States. Agents may not request identification for the sole purpose of determining a person's immigration status.

  (2) No agent or agency may prolong a traffic stop or detain an individual solely for questions related to a person's immigration status.

  (3) No agent or agency will include immigration status in their routine questioning when persons are being interviewed about potential traffic or criminal offenses, unless such inquiry or investigation is required by law or court order, or if such inquiry is material to a criminal investigation, provided such information is not used for civil immigration enforcement purposes.

(b) Arrest. No agent or agency may stop, search, arrest or detain a person based on an Administrative Warrant, an Immigration Detainer, or any other directive by DHS, or a belief that the person is not present legally in the United States or has committed a civil immigration violation.

(c) Actions Following an Arrest. If a person is arrested, no agent or agency may:

  (1) contact any immigration enforcement official, including but not limited to ICE officers, regarding a person that may be the subject of an Administrative Warrant or an Immigration Detainer, unless that person is the subject of an active criminal warrant requiring such action;

  (2) affect in any way the manner in which a person is processed following an arrest based on an Administrative Warrant or an Immigration Detainer;

  (3) detain the person based on an Administrative Warrant or Immigration Detainer, or otherwise comply with an Administrative Warrant or Immigration Detainer, after that person becomes eligible for release from custody; or

  (4) detain the person based solely on the belief that the person is not present legally in the United States, or that the person has committed a civil immigration violation.

(d) Coordination with immigration enforcement officials. No agent or agency may coordinate with an immigration enforcement official in furtherance of a civil immigration enforcement operation, including by:

  (1) permitting immigration enforcement officials access to non-public space within a government facility or any area where County business is being conducted;

  (2) permitting immigration enforcement officials access to a person being detained by, or in the custody of, the agent or agency;

  (3) permitting immigration enforcement officials use of agency facilities, information, or equipment for investigative interviews or other investigative purposes; or

  (4) communicating any information about an individual who is the target of a civil immigration enforcement operation with immigration enforcement officials.

  (5) notifying immigration enforcement officials that an individual has been or is ready to be released from custody, unless the individual has been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in Section 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

(e) Other Agency Actions. No agency may:

  (1) enter into an inter-governmental services agreement, or other contract or agreement, with the federal government for the purpose of housing individuals subject to detention on civil immigration charges, or for any other purpose related to civil immigration enforcement; or

  (2) enter into an agreement under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1357(g) or any other federal law that permits state or local governmental entities to enforce federal civil immigration law.