In Maryland, our families are living in fear. Parents are afraid to take their kids to school. Neighbors are disappearing from our communities. That is why our elected officials need to do everything they can to protect us from abusing our own tax dollars against us. Maryland lawmakers cannot control federal immigration policy, but they can decide whether our state helps ICE, or stands up to it. Our legislators must uphold our state’s core values—fairness, dignity, and justice for all—while keeping our communities safe.

There are many important bills being introduced to protect immigrant families from the federal administration, ranging from once again blocking private immigration detention centers to stopping ICE from using state databases like the MVA to target people. These bills push back against the federal deportation regime from all sides.