For 24 years, Juan Dominguez has been the head housekeeper at the Centreville Hall dormitory, home to nearly 545 students at the University of Maryland. He moves quietly with his broom and vacuum throughout the building’s lobby each day while his team of four others clean bathrooms, empty trash cans and mop floors in the common areas of the eight-story building.
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DACA advocates urge U.S. Senate to vote for path of citizenship
Washington- One DACA recipient explains why a pathway to citizenship is critical for her and her family.
Senators criticize recent Central American agreements to address border crisis
WASHINGTON – Several Democratic senators sparred with representatives of the Trump administration Wednesday over recent agreements to divert asylum seekers to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The senators objected in a foreign relations committee meeting that the administration has not…
Maryland lawmakers promise to fight Trump “tooth and nail” after SOTU
By JULIA LERNER, JULIA KARRON, JAROD GOLUB, ABBY WALLISCH and HANNAH YASHAROFF Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland’s Democratic lawmakers pushed back against President Donald Trump’s rhetoric in his first State of the Union address, calling for action and not…
Montgomery school challenges students in two languages
SILVER SPRING, Maryland ––– Step into Edwin Amaya’s fifth-grade math class at Kemp Mill Elementary School and you may find yourself overwhelmed, a la “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” It likely won’t be the mathematics that gives you…
Maryland’s undocumented immigrants: In their own words
While rumors circulate that the Trump administration is closer to resolving questions left after last week’s immigration announcement, Maryland’s undocumented residents are uncertain of what comes next
Maryland’s changing faces often are from other countries
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – Christina Getrich has lived in Maryland for most of her life and has witnessed the state’s changing demographics over time. A large number of Salvadoran immigrants began settling in Montgomery County when she was younger, said…
UNDOCUMENTED FALLOUT: Local woman lives in constant fear of deportation
Last month Immigration and Customs Enforcement began conducting raids in local latino communities, now people are returning to their daily routines.