Jail won’t hold immigrants without probable cause

Published August 29, 2014 6:38pm ET



ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Gov. Martin O’Malley has directed a state-run jail in Baltimore to comply with federal requests to hold immigrants beyond their release date only if there is probable cause that a crime has been committed, a decision praised by the American Civil Liberties and Casa de Maryland on Friday.

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