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Judge to hold hearing for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
A judge will hear arguments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran resident who the government said was deported after an “administrative error.”
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
Federal jobs helped build Baltimore’s Black middle class. What happens now?
In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
Ardena Githara of Rosedale was put on administrative leave from her federal job earlier this year.
Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
‘Devastated and confused’: Wife of Maryland man mistakenly deported decries her family’s fate
The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
Baltimore arts and culture communities chart new paths after Trump diversity bans
The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.
Jason Steer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance, sits in front of a piece titled “Land of the Free….” created by artist Ajee Hassan.
Anthony McCarthy helped shape Baltimore’s political landscape as top aide, adviser
Longtime political aide Anthony W. McCarthy died Sunday after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. He was 57.
Longtime political aide Anthony McCarthy died after a lengthy battle with kidney disease.
Baltimore region braces for wind, rain amid St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
NWS meteorologist Kyle Pallozzi said Saturday the primary threat in the Baltimore region would be wind.
Scattered severe thunderstorms will move through the region Sunday morning into the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Gov. Moore rails at ‘disastrous’ Trump tariffs, ‘attack’ on FBI
Moore said he learned of Trump’s intention to block the planned move of the FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County from a news report.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore testifies in the House of Delegates on his plan to balance the state’s budget.
‘It’s scary right now’: ICE holds detainees for days in bedless Baltimore cells
Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore where the ICE field office is located.
White immigrants express few worries despite Trump crackdown
While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.
Timur Karimkulov, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Russia.
Undocumented trans woman from Maryland granted bond in Miami after ICE arrest
The White House posted a picture of her on its X account in February as an example of alleged crimes committed by immigrants.
April Amaya-Luis, left, and her husband Tyler Schelts.
Local DEI consultants struggle and pivot under Trump
The Trump administration’s targeting of DEI initiatives has resulted in consultants losing clients and needing to pivot.
Angel St. Jean, founder and CEO of Equity Brain Trust, in front of her inspiration wall in her Baltimore office.
Baltimore-based Global Refuge lays off more than half its staff after Trump directives
Global Refuge, the nonprofit organization formerly known as Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), laid off hundreds of employees nationwide this week.
Global Refuge’s President & CEO, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah speaks during Global Refuge’s 10th annual Hope for the Holidays campaign in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, December 6, 2024.
How ICE operates in Maryland and what changes could be coming
Increasing reports of ICE agents in Maryland have stoked fear, raising questions about what happens to people who are arrested.
The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, where the ICE field office is located.
Why the White House posted about an undocumented trans woman from Maryland
The White House posted a picture of April Amaya-Luis on its X account as an example of crimes it claims were committed by immigrants.
April Amaya-Luis, left, and her husband Tyler Schelts.
Why these Marylanders are doubling down on DEI
Marylanders are leaning into DEI as the term itself is being weaponized and its initiatives have become a target of the Donald Trump administration.
This year, Juan Webster and his team will train about 2,000 Montage International employees at its 16 properties worldwide, including the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging best practices.
Trump’s early actions drive Baltimore-area immigrants into hiding
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have immigrants, regardless of status, altering their normal routines. Some have stopped going to public places. Some have voluntarily returned to their home countries.
“Fear, cruelty and chaos is the point,” says Vanessa Cardenas, executive director of America’s Voice, a national pro-immigration organization based in Washington, D.C.
How Katie Curran O’Malley plans to keep fighting for women in the Trump era
As executive director the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, Katie Curran O’Malley has the unprecedented task of guiding the 53-year-old organization through uncertain territory.
Katie Curran O'Malley is the executive director of the Women's Law Center of Maryland.
White House moves keep immigrants in Maryland on edge
The Trump administration’s series of executive orders and immigration policies have left much of Maryland’s immigrant community anxious and fearful.
More than 150 people rallied for immigrants rights by the Enoch Pratt Free Library Southeast Anchor Branch, marching down Eastern Avenue on Monday.
Struggling Black businesses lament a new challenge: Trump
Black businesses were already experiencing losses in support following an increase in sales following George Floyd and then a slew of anti-DEI lawsuits that followed.
Kora Polydore, owner of Kora Lee’s Comfort Food Café & Bakery, won a pitch competition promising a rent-free space that went sour. She now finds herself having to dip into savings to build out this location on Greenmount, which she hopes to be open at the end of March.
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