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Less than 48 hours before ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will reportedly raid homes of undocumented immigrants in 10 cities, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Council President Nancy Navarro released a joint statement Friday evening supporting the immigrant community. Montgomery County is a welcoming community that values the diversity of communities which are […]

Choice Hotels and Marriott International both provided protesters with assurances that their establishments would not be used to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation. On Thursday, about 15 protesters organized by Sanctuary DMV delivered about 122,000 signatures in a petition calling for the companies to not assist ICE. The agency is expected to deport 2,000 […]

Update, 9 p.m.: Sanctuary DMV, one of the organizers of the protest at Choice Hotels and Marriott International has received a statement from Marriott shortly after delivering petitions. Marriott, based in Bethesda, said: Marriott International has had not indication that any of our hotels have been contacted by the U.S. government to be used to […]

Rosa Gutierrez Lopez has spent six months at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. Her story illustrates the political divide over immigration in this country. Previous Post: Bethesda Church Providing Sanctuary for El Salvador Mother

About 250 Attend Immigration Solidarity Rally at Bethesda Church Rep. Jamie Raskin said Congress would work this week on the crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico. “The president has created chaos at the border, and we need to be addressing the humanitarian crisis,” Raskin said. The second-term congressman spoke before an event at the […]

Montgomery County police said Saturday it would not participate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts regarding immigration efforts “next week or any other time.” The police restated its long-held view that immigration enforcement is a national issue and “not a local issue.” “We have not received any requests from the federal government or ICE for […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich took questions Monday night at Churchill High School in Potomac as part of his “listening tour” across the county. One of the questioners asked about ways the county could support immigrants. Elrich said he would work with the County Council on the matter. Plus, he explained why the county doesn’t […]

During Monday’s County Executive candidate forum, moderator Tom Sherwood asked Nancy Floreen and Robin Ficker  a question about immigrants facing deportation proceedings. Tom Sherwood asked, “Montgomery County has identified $370 thousand dollars to support the efforts to provide legal representation for low income immigrants and children facing deportation proceedings.What more should the county do?” Here […]

Montgomery County and more than 60 cities and counties across the country in the bipartisan “Cities for Citizenship” effort to encourage eligible immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. The program comes at a time when a backlog in processing applications may be discouraging permanent residents from applying for citizenship. There will be two workshops held […]

U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) will join local religious and political leaders to hold a candlelight vigil for families that have been separated at the border. The event will take place at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring and begins at 8:00 p.m. Candles will be provided for free, but organizers are encouraging participants to bring […]