‘Anti-sanctuary city’ push splits town

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A resolution saying illegal immigrants would not be welcome in the tiny city sharply divided lawmakers and scores of Marylanders at a packed public hearing Wednesday night.

The resolution, proposed by Taneytown City Councilman Paul Chamberlain Jr., would make Taneytown the first city in Maryland to declare it is not a “sanctuary city,” where government limits how much it asks about immigration status.

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