SILVER SPRING — The Trump administration says a recent rule change allows small business owners convicted of felonies to apply for government loans to help them weather the COVID-19 pandemic, but civil rights groups claim the program revision doesn’t go ...

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An immigrants' rights group is accusing a sheriff's office in Maryland of racially discriminating against Latinos and engaging in localized immigration enforcement.

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A divided Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

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A Maryland public school system has come under fire for its summer school tuition policy, which the American Civil Liberties Union says imposes burdensome costs that prevent students from graduating.

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An immigration case before the Supreme Court pits the government against immigrants it wants to deport following crimes they have committed in the United States.

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A federal judge in Maryland has denied an effort by President Donald J. Trump's administration to shield information it used to implement a ban on transgender people in the military.

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GREENBELT — A Maryland lawsuit is challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Maryland by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Maryland, and National Immigration Law Center. The groups argue that ...

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Maryland is one of four states where more than 10 percent of prisoners serving parole-eligible life sentences were juveniles when they committed their crime, according to a newly released report from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Allegations of covert California conversations lead news summary including effort to keep abuse allegations quiet, same-sex marriage in Romania and an elementary-school student's rights case.

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