Maryland lawmakers on both sides of the potent immigration issue are forming new coalitions to push their agendas, emboldened by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s rejection this month of the state’s long-standing policy allowing undocumented immigrants to drive.

Posted on: January 30th, 2008
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“Today more than a dozen lawmakers who are newcomers to the United States or the children or grandchildren of immigrants plan to kick off a New Americans Caucus. The members, who represent some of the most diverse parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, say they are determined to push back against a national anti-immigration mood they see seeping into the legislature. They say they intend to fight bills introduced by conservative Republicans that would deny services to illegal immigrants. The coalition members argue that the bills would also unfairly stigmatize legal immigrants.”*

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