This lawsuit is an attempt to shield federal agents from the same standards we expect of every other officer who serves our communities. We stand with Maryland and local leaders who are working to keep our communities safe, informed, and free from fear.

The preliminary injunction requested in the lawsuit would prohibit ICE from continuing this practice during the litigation. The case is co-counseled by the National Immigration Project, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, and the ACLU of Maryland.

We are alarmed by video and eyewitness accounts describing federal agents using excessive force against people engaged in nonviolent protest, and using vehicles as battering rams to disperse community members who had gathered to lawfully observe and document ICE's presence.

Local community organizations and officials submitted a formal comment to DHS in response to a “scoping notice” indicating DHS plans to move forward with converting a warehouse meant for cargo into a massive immigrant internment facility and human warehouse in Western Maryland.

This law will help improve public safety. When community members can interact with local police without fear of being turned over to federal immigration authorities, they are more likely to report crimes, cooperate with investigations, and engage with public officials. That makes all our communities safer.

After more than a decade of organizing, advocacy, and relentless action by impacted communities across Maryland, the General Assembly has passed SB 791, the Community Trust Act.

On Wednesday, April 15, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland will hold a hearing in State of Maryland v. Kristi Noem, a case challenging the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) rushed plan to convert a western Maryland warehouse meant for goods into a massive internment facility and human warehouse.

Amicus brief warns of serious risks to water supply, public health, emergency services, and the fundamental dignity of those detained, with no meaningful notice or input from local residents

On Tuesday, February 24, advocates will provide testimony on a bill that would ban Marylanders from being racially profiled by law enforcement and limit federal abuses by federal agents escalated by the Trump Administration