ROCKVILLE – Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich recently said that the county will not hold people charged with crimes in custody for more time than the judicial system requires to help Immigratio…
County, ICE relationship tested as two undocumented immigrants charged with rape of 11-year-old
ROCKVILLE – Two undocumented immigrants were arrested and each charged with second-degree rape of a then 11-year-old girl. The case forced county officials to clarify a recently signed executive order…
Bethesda church offers sanctuary to undocumented immigrant
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak BETHESDA — A 40-year-old mother of three from El Salvador now resides in a Bethesda church, refusing to return to her native El Salvador although ordered to do so b…
Pastor and hero of Flower Branch fire now faces deportation
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak SILVER SPRING — A pastor who fled his Flower Branch apartment two years ago during a gas explosion that killed seven people only to turn around and head back into t…
And now a word about ICE
Back in 2003 the Department of Homeland Security was established by combining several agencies from other U.S. departments under one overarching umbrella. The thinking was that placing all of these di…
Thousands march to end family separation
Thousands marched on D.C. to protest the Trump administration policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. PHOTO BY NICKOLAI SUKHAREV WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of pro…
Salvadorans plead their case
Ever since the Trump Administration announced an 18-month timeline for ending the Temporary Protected Status of millions of Salvadorans who’d fled their country for the United States due to wars and n…
Rockville man charged with murder of his married girlfriend
Dania Suyapa Mendez de Guerra was found dead Friday near her place of work at a KFC in Wheaton. A co-worker has been arrested and charged in her apparent homicide. COURTESY PHOTO
A local man is in j…
CASA sues Trump administration over DACA repeal
The immigrant advocacy organization CASA de Maryland along with eight other groups and more than a dozen individuals announced on the afternoon of Oct. 5 they are suing the federal government over the…
“I’m no threat to anyone…”
Local woman afraid with loss of DACA she’ll be deported
DACA recipient Karina Velasco expresses her concern over the possible end of the program. PHOTO BY MARK POETKER Lately, Karina Velasco th…
