Maryland’s DACA holders are starting to receive their stimulus checks. Here’s what they’re doing with the money.

The Baltimore Sun

While the American Rescue Plan, the stimulus package Congress passed in March is more inclusive than its predecessors, immigration analysts have noted that it still excludes two groups: undocumented individuals, who file their federal income taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and their U.S.-citizen or legal-immigrant children.

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After forced separations at border, migrant families in the Baltimore area getting mental health help for trauma

The Baltimore Sun, Ground Truth Project, USA Today

The trauma resulting from family separations and detentions ultimately can lead to long-term psychological effects, such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

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When a Maryland couple opened their home to a Honduran mother and son, strangers became family

The Baltimore Sun, AP News, The Washington Post

A Columbia couple are among a small network of families across the U.S. who are welcoming asylum-seekers into their homes for long-term stays. The plight of the mother and son they're hosting, they say, reminded them of their own family history.

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