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1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV

Aldair Campos is unapologetic in his support for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Beltsville father who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to his native El Salvador. “Kilmar could have been anybody,” said Campos, a first-generation Salvadoran American and aGaithersburg-based paralegal in an immigration law firm where 80% of the clients are Salvadoran.

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV

The place that brought us Joker’s Jinx, Superman - Ride of Steel and the newest ride Ragin’ Cajun will be no more. Say goodbye to Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor in Bowie, which will close after the 2025 operating season, its parent company, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, announced today. The park’s final operating day will be Nov. 2. All 2025 season passes and tickets will be honored throughout the final operating season at Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor, the company said.

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV

Elsy Noemi Berrios, the 52-year-old Westminster woman whose arrest by ICE agents while in her car drew national attention, was denied bond for her release, a New Jersey immigration judge ruled.

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was not the only Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month, according to court records. This week, Maryland U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that the Trump administration deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan man in violation of a court-approved settlement agreement reached following a lawsuit last year. In that settlement, the U.S. agreed not to deport migrants who arrived as unaccompanied minors until their asylum claims are fully adjudicated.

2 weeks ago | wypr.org | John-John Williams IV |Dylan Segelbaum |Daniel Zawodny

The former Prince George’s County officer who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member that eventually resulted with his mistaken deportation, later pleaded guilty to misconduct and was pushed out of the Police Department, records show. The officer, Ivan Mendez, engaged in criminal misconduct forhelping an undocumented sex worker with whom he had a sexual relationship from getting in trouble, according to court records.