immigration

• Baltimore City

As Maryland leaders condemn expected ICE enforcement in Baltimore region, Gov. Hogan ‘monitoring the situation’

Gov. Larry Hogan was silent leading into Sunday on the expected targeting this weekend of undocumented immigrants across the country and in the Baltimore region by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

By Kevin Rector

Jul 14, 2019

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Questions I would have asked the Democrats

Cal Thomas lists the questions that should have been asked of the Democratic presidential hopefuls.

• Opinion

Democrats turning country into a global charity fund for undocumented immigrants

Democrats are being too lenient on undocumented immigrants and turning the country into a global charity fund.

• Opinion

Baltimore's leaders must stand up to ICE on criminalizing immigrants

Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner deserve praise for standing up for the city's migrant community but they have one more step to do.

• Politics

Advocates sue in federal court in Maryland to block US policy on children seeking asylum

Advocates for immigrant children are suing in Maryland to block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy that would hurt asylum seekers.

• Maryland

Mayor Young, Police Commissioner Harrison declare support for Baltimore's immigrant community, rebuke Trump

Mayor Young and Police Commissioner Harrison declared support for Baltimore's immigrants as they announced a new police policy to not aid ICE.

By Phil Davis

Jul 2, 2019

• Maryland

'I am ashamed': Crowd gathers in Catonsville to protest Trump border policy, urge Congress to act

Rep. Elijah Cummings said in a statement said "Congress must exercise its full authority to address this crisis."

By Cody Boteler

Jul 2, 2019

• Opinion

Trump policies responsible for drowning of father and daughter fleeing to America

President Donald J. Trump's policies are responsible for the drownings deaths of a father and his young daughter in the Rio Grande.

• Opinion

Sun's coverage of ICE protest was a shallow, biased effort

Protest over federal efforts to round up undocumented was covered poorly and unfairly by The Sun.

• Podcast

Reporting from Baltimore's immigrant communities during a week of warnings

Baltimore Sun reporter Thalia Juarez discusses Baltimore's immigrant community and debunks common myths and misconceptions about immigration.

• Opinion

The Sun's opinions on immigration are fair

The Trump administration has demonized immigrants so shamefully that its supporters can't recognize objective truth when they read it.

• Maryland

'They were stopping people for no reason': ICE agents deploy for 'criminal enforcement' in Columbia

One witness described seeing eight or nine men arrested by ICE agents. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball insisted the action was not a "raid."

• Opinion

Let's not forget undocumented immigrants are here illegally

People show compassion for undocumented immigrants without acknowledging they are in the country illegally.

• Maryland

Anne Arundel woman pleads guilty to employing illegal immigrant, not paying $150,000 in wages

Shingaidzo Nhekairo, 50, of Arnold pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful employment of aliens and admitted to not paying her fair wages for house work.

By Phil Davis

Jun 26, 2019

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Migrant children love detention camp life

A Texas congressman's suggestion that 'nothing' is keeping migrant children in detention camps headlines a week of immigration-related fiction.

• Opinion

Follow immigration law and problem solved

Don't pin immigration woes on the Trump administration when so many Americans refuse to enforce immigration law.

• Opinion

Why is the Sun trying to destroy U.S. with hateful immigration opinions?

The Sun's editorial board's support for undocumented represents a campaign of hate against the rule of law.

• Opinion

Trump's campaign of terror against immigrants

Donald Trump has no interest in actually solving America's immigration problems. He just wants to scare immigrants to death.

• Maryland

‘People are really, really afraid’: Mass-deportation threat strikes fear into Baltimore immigrants

“It is high time to call attention to the plight of immigrants in the city of Baltimore and far beyond,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 24, 2019

• Maryland

Trump appears to delay ICE raids, which were expected in Baltimore and nine other cities

Baltimore is among 10 cities where ICE agents could soon be making arrests, although President Trump appears to have delayed that action.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 22, 2019

• News

Baltimore advocates warn immigrants after pledge from President Trump that ICE will remove 'millions' in U.S.

President Donald Trump’s tweet the U.S. will deport “millions” of immigrants has immigration advocates reaching out to tell potential targets their rights.

• Maryland

Howard immigration nonprofit looks into restructuring amid financial concerns

Since Donald Trump took office, the Foreign-Born Information and Referral Network’s services have been overwhelmed, according to its president, Hector Garcia.

By Erin B. Logan

Jun 20, 2019

• Maryland

Baltimore chosen for federal crime-fighting program after being shut out previously for immigration policy

Baltimore has been selected to participate in a federal law enforcement initiative targeted at lowering violent crimes.

By Lillian Reed

Jun 4, 2019

• Opinion

Blame the Republicans for not having a good immigration plan

The Republicans, who controlled Congress for several years, are to blame for not coming up with a good immigration plan

• Opinion

What is Congress doing about immigration?

As bad as things have gotten at the U.S. southern border, there's little evidence that Congress is willing to do much about it.

• Maryland

Blatchford: A country must protect its borders, why don't we?

A country has a right to protect its borders. Better?  Our government has an obligation to guard, control and protect the borders.

• Education

Baltimore school with large immigrant population loses vital funding source

Just four years ago, more than 90 percent of students at John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle were identified as low-income — and that qualified the school for $250,000 in badly needed funds. A policy change has made that money disappear — even though the school's student population is no less needy.

By Talia Richman

May 6, 2019

• Opinion

Johns Hopkins protesters and administration need to find middle ground

As a student protest at Johns Hopkins University over a private police force and ICE contracts hits the one-month mark, administrators and students need to find some common ground.

• Politics

Vice President Pence visits Baltimore to honor Secret Service agent, tour ICE facility

Vice President Mike Pence visited Baltimore on Wednesday, presenting an award to an Annapolis man at a conference of Hispanic law enforcement officials before touring the local office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

• Maryland

Silver Spring soccer coach gets extension in immigration case

A Silver Spring youth soccer coach who was potentially facing deportation to his native Togo received a six-month extension in his case from federal immigration authorities.

• Opinion

Climate change is a good reason for immigrants to come to Baltimore

Baltimore could benefit from a growth in its immigrant population as climate change damages agricultural lands and leads to shifts in populations.

• Commentary

Edelman: Time for Americans to do what's right on immigration

Ours is a nation of immigrants. For example, the Swedish Royal Academy reports that just since 2000, immigrants to the United States have been awarded 33 of the 85 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine. Apple and Amazon were founded by the sons of immigrants.

• Opinion

On deportation, Zurawik falls into liberal rant

TV critic Zurawik can't write about deportation case without a left-wing attack on Donald Trump.

• Opinion

Trump should close the border to people, but not to commerce

Cowed by the media speech police, CEOs neglect to relate one simple truth: The president can close the border to the movement of people but continue to permit the flow of commercial vehicles carrying goods and air travel for business.

• Opinion

Congress is spending too much money on immigrant detention

The U.S. Congress needs to rein in spending on detaining immigrants.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Nielsen wasn't right for Trump's 'bad cop' role on immigration

Kirstjen Nielsen was in an impossible position. There are 22 agencies reporting into DHS, but her job performance was only ever going to be based on immigration.

• Opinion

PBS documentary offers intimate, moving look at human toll of deportation

That extreme politicization of the national conversation about immigration is part of what makes director David Sutherland’s “Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” which airs Monday night at 9 on PBS, such a special documentary.

By David Zurawik

Apr 11, 2019

• Opinion

The country is not full and needs immigrants, contrary to what Trump says

President Donald J. Trump said the country is full and doesn't need immigrants, which is far from the truth.

• Opinion

Immigration: Hard line policies to get harder

An administration that actually wants Americans to believe it's mistreating asylum seekers like no other before it.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: If illegal immigration isn't an emergency, what is it?

Cal Thomas: If illegal immigration isn't an emergency, what is it?

• Opinion

A to-do list for America's immigration czar

Today, the largest migration crisis in my lifetime is unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico boundary. There is talk in Washington, D.C., bout a czar to oversee interagency immigration policy. This is an urgent necessity. Here is a suggested "to do" list for the appointee.

• Maryland

Hopkins sit-in day 2: Students continue ‘fight’ against new campus police, ICE contracts

A group of Johns Hopkins students staged a sit-in during the university's Alumni Week to draw attention to a recently approved piece of legislation that allows for the creation of an armed campus police department.

By Catherine Rentz

Apr 4, 2019

• Opinion

Who gets hurt if Trump closes the border? We do.

Closing legal points of entry might be the worst possible response to latest wave of immigrants at U.S. border with Mexico.

• Maryland

Letters: A conservative Christian responds, looking ahead to 2020 and a Republican resolution

Letters to the editor in the Carroll County Times on Tuesday, March 26.

• Opinion

Congress should act to reinstate temporary immigration status

The U.S. Congress should act to reinstate the temporary immigration status policy that President Donald J. Trump eliminated and avoid breaking up families and ruining lives.

• Business

Amid immigration debate, Maryland crab industry looks for rebound after getting few foreign workers last year

‘Extremely lucky’ Maryland crab industry is weathering a storm over Mexican worker shortages. But the industry says issues remain with a program that supplies it with needed guest workers to pick crabs.

By Jeff Barker

Mar 14, 2019

• Opinion

U.S. continues to worsen immigration problem

U.S. allows too few legal immigrants, and that's where the problems start.

• Opinion

Call them 'illegal'

People who are in this country without proper authorization should not be treated as anything but lawbreakers.

• Opinion

Local police should stay out of immigration enforcement

Local police departments need to leave enforcement of immigration law to the federal government.

• Commentary

Tomlinson: Proposed bills show Maryland Democrats out for revenge

A review of the bills introduced by Democratic legislators in Annapolis this Session suggests that their party is not out to spread love and affection, but are on a mission of revenge. It is evident that the Democrats are looking for retribution for not only losing the Presidential race in 2016 ..