Legislative Latino Caucus faces 'tall task' defending migrants in current climate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Last year the caucus reviewed 53 bill requests and supported 48 pieces of legislation, 19 of which 19 became law on topics ranging from housing, education, and child welfare to its top priority, the Access to Care Act.
57% : A Black Lives Matters activist, he championed the Maryland Dream Act and Marriage Equality, which both won voter approval.
54% : Enforcement and Removal Operations officers (ERO) from the Baltimore office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement seen in a Sept. 7, 2023, photo.
52% : While the mission of the caucus has remained focused on key issues affecting the Latino community, over the years it has effectively leveraged its membership to help pass a range of bills, its members say, including the 2022 Healthy Babies Equity Act, that expanded Medicaid to cover prenatal and postpartum care regardless of immigration status.
46% : "And, so we are building on the Dignity, Not Detention Act and making sure that we are protecting those gains, ensuring that no new contracts are initiated between ICE and local jurisdictions," Acevero said.
44% : Acevero said that among those caucus-backed protections is the 2022 Dignity, Not Detention Act, which required U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to close Maryland detention centers, barred family separations and prohibited police coercion based on immigration status.

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