University of Maryland President Wallace Loh Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to end the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, calling it contrary to American values. Trump’s administration announced that the deferred action program would end in ...

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Hispanic and other Maryland business leaders are expressing concern after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement inquiry led 30 employees of The BoatHouse in Canton to resign last month. ICE requested the restaurant’s I-9 forms, which require employees to provide identification ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 152nd anniversary of Union General Gordon Granger’s announcement in Texas that the Civil War was over and slaves were now free. Here are some news items to get your week started. — This is what happens ...

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Maryland’s top lawyer on Thursday said state and local law enforcement officers may not be prohibited from sharing information about a detainee’s immigration status with federal officials — but they are also not required to do so. Attorney General Brian ...

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In response to the Trump administration’s strong stance against undocumented immigrants, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has asked the Department of Homeland Security to designate courts, hospitals and schools in the state as “safe harbors,” meaning immigration officers cannot identify ...

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Obscured in the flurry of President Donald Trump’s executive orders in his first two weeks in office are those orders’ numerous requests for reports and data, some of which ask for information already collected by federal agencies or raise broader questions ...

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Even attorneys who speak Spanish can face a language barrier when dealing with their Spanish-speaking clients, and a new course at the University of Baltimore School of Law aims to teach students how to effectively counsel clients in their native ...

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President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and refugee policies last week spurred some business and university leaders in Maryland to offer personal statements about their own experiences or views on the subject. Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels sent this letter ...

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In the wake of several federal executive orders affecting immigration, Maryland attorneys are mobilizing to understand the orders’ ramifications and advising caution to their clients – whether they are citizens or not. “The Trump administration has changed the rules of ...

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Universities, businesses and hospitals in Maryland all continue to wrestle with the ramifications of President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on accepting refugees and visitors from several majority-Muslim nations. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order intended to prevent travelers from Iraq, ...

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