Montgomery County Schools Enroll Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
About 100 unaccompanied children who have crossed the border from Central America have enrolled in Montgomery County schools.
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About 100 unaccompanied children who have crossed the border from Central America have enrolled in Montgomery County schools.
Maryland faith leaders and state agencies consider the best steps toward finding homes for thousands of immigrant children who are in the US illegally. Their second meeting with the governor took place Monday.
Maryland faith and community leaders meet again next week to tackle the issue of housing in Maryland for kids from Central America.
America's own border with Mexico is an immigration flashpoint, one that continues to reverberate right here in Maryland.
There are new comments from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on the child immigration crisis. With hundreds of Central American immigrants streaming into Maryland, she says she's open to the idea of turning vacant federal buildings into shelters---this, just a day after Governor Martin O'Malley spoke out against the idea.
Police in St. Mary's County say they've arrested a Frederick resident who offered to pay for sex with an undercover officer posing online as a 16-year-old girl.
A Maryland sheriff known for his tough stance on illegal immigration says he's visiting the U.S-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the influx of unaccompanied children entering the United States.
The federal government is exploring the possibility of housing immigrant children in a vacant Army Reserve building in Westminster, and local leaders aren't pleased with the idea.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake encourages Marylanders to remember the contributions of immigrants in building Baltimore and the state.
Border battle. Tens of thousands of children illegally crossing the border into the United States. Monday, immigration advocates rallied to allow the children to stay in the country---this, as the White House says it is likely most will be deported.
For the first time this Independence Day, one group of naturalized citizens said the "Pledge of Allegiance" as Americans.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is unveiling its new immigration-benefits office in Baltimore.
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear a Frederick County immigration enforcement dispute.
A lawsuit challenging immigration enforcement by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office is one step away from the U.S. Supreme Court.
An Ocean City man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping 70 people fraudulently apply for asylum benefits.
A rally for civil and immigrant rights bills drew more than 200 people to downtown Annapolis Monday night. Their chants of "Sφ, se puede" and the rough English translation, "Yes, we can," filled the chilly air outside the statehouse.
House Republican leaders poised to revive efforts to overhaul the immigration system with new broad policy principles are facing a direct challenge from a GOP senator who is warning against a headlong rush toward reform.
President Barack Obama will work with Congress where he can and circumvent lawmakers where he must, his top advisers warned Sunday in previewing Tuesday's State of the Union speech.
The American Civil Liberties Union says a state senator is seeking to limit local police involvement in immigration enforcement.
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison in a plot to bribe an immigration officer to get a green card.
Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the town-hall meeting that second-term Republican Rep. Andy Harris held recently in this town northeast of Baltimore.
A documentary by a former Washington Post journalist, exploring the past two years since he revealed he was living in the country illegally, is premiering at Washington's AFI Docs Film Festival.
A coalition of ethnic and minority groups is asking President Barack Obama to create a presidential commission to consider establishing a museum to explore the history of immigration and migration that formed the nation.
The approval of Maryland's Dream Act by popular vote should help spur the idea in other states to allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public colleges, if they meet certain qualifications, supporters said Friday.
Cuba's surprise decision to make it easier for citizens to leave the country doesn't mean Cubans can book tickets on commercial planes and head for Miami.
