While County Executive Steve Schuh has lived in Anne Arundel County, he’s enjoyed the many things our bountiful bayside region has bestowed upon us. He probably also enjoys seafood brought to us by a robust population of undocumented immigrant workers.

There’s a lovely winery in Davidsonville Schuh seems to like that depends on migrants to pick succulent grapes. I’m guessing the landscaping company he trusts to keep the yard on his million-dollar-plus mansion neat and tidy is staffed with some undocumented workers.

He has most likely driven one of his cars through an Annapolis carwash and had undocumented immigrants shine his rims. Maybe he grabs burgers from a smiling Latina worker. I’m told he loves a breakfast place in Severna Park. I wonder if he’s ever looked in the back to see who’s making his omelets and coffee.

I’m sure he knows, because Schuh is a restaurant owner himself. With a couple of partners, including Anne Arundel County Council member Derek J. Fink, Schuh owns GT Mid-States, which operates Roy Rogers, Green Turtle and Blackwall Hitch locations. In almost all restaurants in Anne Arundel County (and around the country), undocumented workers, working using other people’s Social Security numbers and paying payroll tax but getting nothing in return, do everything from clean bathrooms to make your omelets on Sunday morning. All restaurant owners know this. In fact, President Trump’s first nominee for labor secretary, fast-food mogul Andrew Puzder, admitted that up to 40 percent of his workers were undocumented. Forty percent.

One would think Schuh would appreciate all the good things that our robust immigrant labor force has brought to our county. Apparently, what overrides his appreciation is his love for the White House’s economically ill-advised and inhumane policies.

Schuh is ready to tear apart families, terrify communities and attack the very businesses and companies he is supposed to serve. Even worse, he’s using my tax dollars and yours to do so. Schuh is one of only a few county executives in the nation who turned their peace officers on their own nonviolent residents by deputizing some county corrections officials to act as federal immigration officers.

I have lived in Anne Arundel County since 1998. I have never had a problem with an undocumented member of our community, nor has anyone I know. On the contrary, I appreciate the roads they build as part of construction teams. I enjoy the food that comes from our great restaurants’ kitchens. I love the delicious seafood coming from the fisheries of Maryland. This is a labor force we need here in Anne Arundel County.

We like our way of life just fine. We should find a way to keep our awesome workforce healthy and here, not to deport them.