Illegal-immigration measure flares tempers in Taneytown

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A resolution proclaiming Taneytown?s intolerance of illegal immigrants has put the tiny city squarely in the center of a national debate and embroiled residents from far and near in a battle over illegals.

The resolution, proposed by 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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