(Updated at 5 p.m. Tuesday) ROCKVILLE, MD — The two teenagers charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in a boys' restroom at Rockville High School during school hours last week may be undocumented immigrants with no previous police problems locally, says the county executive. The suspects have outstanding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement orders, said Ike Leggett, and the county will cooperate fully with federal officials to see that the two are deported after serving prison time for what he called a heinous act.

Police are working to ensure schools are secure in the wake of the attack. Detectives have charged two Rockville High School students — Jose O. Montano, 17, of an unconfirmed address, and Henry E. Sanchez Milian, 18, of Bel Pre Road in the Aspen Hill area — with the rape of a female Rockville High School student. Montano has been charged as an adult. Sanchez Milian is originally from Guatemala and was attending the high school as a ninth-grader, reports WTOP. Court records say Sanchez Milian arrived in Montgomery County seven months ago after having been questioned in Texas by border patrol agents in Texas and issued a notice to appear in front of an immigration judge.



Gov. Larry Hogan weighed in on the topic Monday night when he condemned the Maryland House of Delegates for passing what he called "an outrageously irresponsible bill that will make Maryland a sanctuary state and endanger our citizens." Hogan vowed to veto the legislation if it reaches his desk. On WBAL Radio Tuesday, Hogan said, "This was a brutal and violent rape of a 14-year-old girl in a school in Montgomery County and there are so many unanswered questions. How was an 18-year-old who was already picked up for crossing the border illegally apparently able to be in class with a 14-year-old girl?"

While Maryland agencies generally follow 48-hour detainers issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Montgomery County is one of three jurisdictions named in an ICE report this week for having declined an immigration detained, he said. But in January county officials told Patch that some Maryland residents callMontgomery County a "sanctuary" jurisdiction, it is not one. County Director of Public Information Patrick Lacefield said county arrest and detention information goes to the state and the information is accessed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

"Montgomery County is not a sanctuary. We do cooperate with ICE, we honor ICE criminal detailers and some civil detainers if they're coming from a judge. We tell ICE when people they are interested in are being released from facilities," Lacefield told Patch on Jan. 26, 2017.

Leggett said Monday he was "immediately sick and disgusted when it was reported that two young men raped a 14-year-old student at Rockville High School last Thursday. This should not happen. Period. My deepest condolences go out to this young girl and her family."

The arrest of two fellow students in the attack are on allegations that are "horrible and unacceptable," said the head of Montgomery County Public Schools. "They do not represent the positive values of our students and school communities. Our thoughts are with the student who reported the incident and her family," Superintendent Jack Smith said Sunday in a letter to parents. In an open letter on the school's website, Smith said school officials cannot share more information about the reported rape at this point, but he believes Montgomery County Police will release more details in coming weeks.