Immigration

WYPR Reporter Emily Hofstaedter shares her reporting on this week's protest in Highlandtown, which saw hundreds of community members gather to support Baltimore's immigrants.

“It just seems like they’re picking random people up off the street.”

This week on the podcast, two stories about the impact of bipolar disorder.

Councilwoman Odette Ramos demands Mayor Brandon Scott to more than double the budget to cover legal services and wraparound support.

“This class action is about ICE’s repeated insistence on detaining people for no reason and holding them in cells for multiple days without proper medical care.”

Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.

The vice president of El Salvador denied Sen. Chris Van Hollen a face-to-face visit with a Maryland man wrongly deported last month.

Governor Wes Moore has until May 27th to sign, veto or let bills become law without his signature. The tracker will be updated as bills are signed into law.

Abrego-Garcia’s case has sparked a closely watched court battle that lawyers worry has major implications for the separation of powers and the rule of law.

“The government attorney did say that they intend to comply with the order and bring him back. That's the bare minimum.”