Immigration

• Pass immigrant-friendly legislation in the 2025 Maryland legislative session to
• Lobby Howard County elected officials to enforce the County’s Liberty Act limiting county collaboration with ICE
• Lobby our federal elected officials to fight anti-immigrant congressional legislation
• Educate community about immigrants’ legal rights
• Highlights immigrants’ contributions to our county and state
  
  

HOW YOU CAN HELP

• Join the Indivisible Howard County and come to Immigration Action Team meetings
• Tell your State Delegates and Senators to support the Casa-sponsored bills in the 2025 legislative session (Bill numbers will be available soon.)
• Tell Governor Wes Moore (https://md.accessgov.com/governor/Forms/Page/cs/contact-the-governor/0; Speaker of the House, Adrienne Jones,(adrienne.jones@house.state.md.us); and President of the Senate, Bill Fergueson, (bill.ferguson@senate.state.md.us) that immigrants in Maryland deserve protection.
• Tell County Executive Calvin Ball and your County Council Member to uphold the Liberty Act in Howard County https://www.baltimoresun.com/2020/12/11/howard-council-passes-bill-prohibiting-county-agencies-from-cooperating-with-ice-ball-signs-into-law/
• Sign up for Casa Action Alerts https://wearecasa.org/get-informed/
• Help distribute Know Your Rights (KYR) cards to immigrants and ally organizations.
• Help immigrant support organizations by donations, volunteer work, and/or hosting a fundraising party:
  • Howard County
    – Luminus (https://www.beluminus.org/) (https://www.beluminus.org/how-to-host-the-ultimate-luminus-fundraiser-house-party-mix-fun-and-fundraising-for-a-purposeful-celebration/
    – Columbia Community Care (https://columbiacommunitycare.org/)
  • Maryland: Casa (https://wearecasa.org/donate-2/)
• Educate your networks about the important economic and social contributions of immigrants in Maryland. See the Comptroller of Maryland’s 2024 Report.
  https://marylandtaxes.gov/reports/static-files/research/immigration-economy.pdf