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Maryland Legislators: Protect Marylanders from ICE!

In Maryland, our families are living in fear. Parents are afraid to take their kids to school. Neighbors are disappearing from our communities. That is why our elected officials need to do everything they can to protect us from abusing our own tax dollars against us. Maryland lawmakers cannot control federal immigration policy, but they can decide whether our state helps ICE, or stands up to it. Our legislators must uphold our state’s core values—fairness, dignity, and justice for all—while keeping our communities safe.

There are many important bills being introduced to protect immigrant families from the federal administration, ranging from once again blocking private immigration detention centers to stopping ICE from using state databases like the MVA to target people. These bills push back against the federal deportation regime from all sides.

Votes are happening now. Your voice matters, today. Join us in telling our legislators to do everything in their power to protect immigrant communities by passing these crucial bills!

Pass SB323/HB409 Youth Charging Reform Act Now!

Everyone benefits when kids accused of breaking the law start in the juvenile system – and a judge decides if they should be tried as an adult. In FY25, Maryland charged more than 1,000 youth as if they were adults. We are embarrassed and ashamed that Maryland continues to send more youth, ages 14-17, to adult court – automatically, without input from a judge – than any other state except Alabama. You should be, too.

We can and must treat our children better. Join us and call on your legislators to pass the Youth Charging Reform Act, SB323/HB409 now. 

Tell Legislators: Support 2026 Housing Justice Priorities Because Stable Homes Make Strong Communities

Everyone should have the opportunity to live in stable, safe, fair, and affordable homes. As the 2025 legislative session gets started, contact your legislators, General Assembly leadership, and the Governor and urge them to take action to keep Marylanders housed.

Maryland Legislators: Save Maryland’s energy efficiency program to save money, cut pollution and reduce demand on the grid

For nearly twenty years, EmPOWER Maryland, the state’s energy efficiency program has lowered utility bills, cut pollution and reduced the need for expensive new power plants and transmission lines.

EmPOWER offers discounted energy audits and incentives for insulation, weatherization, and efficient appliances to Marylanders at all income levels, quickly delivering more than $2 in savings for every $1 invested.

EmPOWER is funded through a line item on energy bills, making it an easy political target, but getting rid of the program would end up increasing customer costs and pollution. It’s a lose lose.

Tell your legislators to protect the EmPOWER Maryland program to reduce utility bills, pollution, and grid demand!

Tell Maryland legislators: Don't cut services our communities rely on while corporations get new tax breaks

Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are gutting food assistance and health care to pay for their huge tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and corporations. At the same time, they are harming Maryland families, communities and businesses by targeting immigrants, firing thousands of federal workers, and cutting funding for research and clean energy projects.

Now our state leaders are left picking up the tab for these federal attacks. Maryland is facing a $1.5 billion budget deficit that threatens support for our schools, health care, and safety and will make it even harder for our state leaders to help our families and neighbors that the federal government is leaving behind.

While Washington gives tax breaks to billionaires, Maryland shouldn’t double down. Contact your legislator today to tell them to close corporate tax loopholes so that our communities have what they need.