LANGLEY PARK — After President Donald Trump’s decision in early September to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, immigrants who need to reapply for DACA protections—in the form of two-year renewable work permits—are quickly ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Congress needs to act on immigration reform in light of President Donald Trump’s plan to phase out a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The Baltimore Sun reports the Republican governor gave his ...

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OCEAN CITY — As the summer tourism season comes to a close in Ocean City, Maryland, many businesses fear they may soon lose much of their seasonal workforce if the Trump administration cancels the J-1 visa program. The White House ...

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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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