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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown speaks on May 15, 2024. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
Aug 3, 2026

MD joins lawsuit over Trump policy of sharing benefits data with immigration authorities

Maryland sued to block a new policy allowing federal immigration authorities to receive information about low-income families with children enrolled in a cash-assistance program.

A handwritten cardboard memorial sign in the name of Joan Sebastian Guerrero is displayed during a candlelight memorial service at Mechanics Park, after a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026. (REUTERS/CJ Gunther)
Jul 15, 2026

Trump defends ICE agents after enforcement surge led to three deaths

President Donald Trump came to the defense of immigration agents whose enforcement surge led to three deaths in the past week.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Jun 25, 2026

Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Syrians and Haitians

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation.

Supporters gather outside the federal courthouse after a hearing in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general seeking to block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting, in Boston on June 2, 2026. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
Jun 25, 2026

Judge blocks Trump executive order restricting mail-in voting

A federal judge blocked implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to tighten rules ‌for mail-in voting.

A plane carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States approaches landing at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on Jan. 19, 2026. (REUTERS/Marco Bello)
Jun 23, 2026

Trump administration can expand fast-track deportation process, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to expand a fast-track deportation process.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought this warehouse, shown on Jan. 28, 2026, at 16220 Wright Road near Williamsport. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)
Jun 22, 2026

ICE reportedly dumping 7 detention warehouses — but legal fight over MD’s continues

ICE is unloading seven of the warehouses it had been planning to use for detention, The New York Times reports. But the fight over the one outside Hagerstown continues.

A poll worker holds a roll of 'I voted' stickers at an El Dorado County polling station during California's special election on Proposition 50 in El Dorado Hills, California, on Nov. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo)
Jun 22, 2026

Judge blocks Trump’s use of revamped immigration database for voter checks

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls.

A mail-in ballot, during the Pennsylvania primary election, is displayed in this illustration picture taken in Philadelphia on May 19, 2026. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration)
Jun 18, 2026

Judge narrows lawsuits challenging Trump order restricting mail-in voting

A federal judge in Boston limited lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in voting.

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is seen at the airport in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. (USA TODAY Network)
Jun 15, 2026

Attorneys seek release of couple detained by ICE at Baltimore school

Attorneys are seeking the release of a couple whose arrests by ICE outside a Southeast Baltimore school drew the ire of local officials.

Maryland Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis walks out of the federal courthouse in Baltimore after a hearing on whether the Trump administration's demand for unredacted voter data should be dismissed.
Jun 10, 2026

MD elections official expects ‘favorable ruling’ in DOJ suit seeking voter data

After hearing arguments, a judge will decide whether to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking unredacted voter data from Maryland's registration list.

Law enforcement officers stand amid smoke from a smoke grenade released to disperse demonstrators in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Jun 5, 2026

Senate passes $70B in new funds for ICE, Border Patrol

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement.

Information packs are distributed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services following a citizenship ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston on July 18, 2018. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
Jun 2, 2026

MD woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite citizenship proof, gets a passport

The Maryland woman arrested by ICE agents and held for 25 days despite offering proof of citizenship has been issued a U.S. passport.