The Washington Free Beacon: Maryland Government Officials Worked with Open Borders Activists to Draft Sanctuary Law

IRLI In The News

November 3, 2021

By Alana Goodman

Maryland government officials sought approval from an open borders activist group while they drafted a controversial 2019 sanctuary law that critics now say was responsible for a spike in violent crimes by illegal immigrants, according to internal emails obtained by the Immigration Reform Law Institute.

CASA de Maryland, a group that advocates for decreased border restrictions and once accepted $1.5 million from the Hugo Chávez regime, in 2019 was in close contact with officials in Montgomery County, Md., to draft the “Promoting Community Trust Executive Order,” correspondence shows.

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