immigration

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

By Cody Boteler

Jul 2, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

By Lillian Reed

Jun 4, 2019

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

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

‘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

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

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

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

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 ..