Maryland Governor Vetoes Pro-Illegal Alien Legislation




By Help Save Maryland, June 25, 2021

On May 26th, 2021 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (pictured) vetoed two pieces of pro-illegal alien legislation passed by the lawless, open-border lawmakers in Annapolis House Bill 16 – Sanctuary state legislation that would impede local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with federal law enforcement.






Basically, it was a bill to turn our entire state into a near sanctuary for the growing illegal alien population.

It effectively made federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the “criminals” while making illegal aliens, including MS-13 gang members, near equals to citizens.

If an illegal was arrested by ICE, the feds would have to lock up the criminal in another state as Maryland detention facilities would be off limits. Slowly grinding away the rule of law.

One of the bill’s sponsors, Will Smith, a former Obama flunky at Homeland Security, added an amendment to prevent future ICE 287g contracts in the state.

Contracts that currently work successfully in a number of Maryland counties (Frederick, Cecil, and Harford) by allowing ICE to remove already wanted illegal alien criminals from our jail populations. Smith clearly does not want justice served for criminal illegal aliens. His bio says he served in the military in an “intelligence capacity” in Afghanistan. I can only imagine the “intelligence” he provided our brave warfighters while engaged with Taliban terrorists.

Keep in mind that while Help Save Maryland and a small number of other pro-legal immigration groups/individuals testified against HB16, there were over 35 groups testifying in support of illegal aliens ranging from the ACLU, Casa of Maryland, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), NAACP-Maryland, Jews United for Justice, Jewish Community Relations Council, Maryland Catholic Conference, and some groups not on my radar screen like Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity, Greenbelt People Power, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Political Latinx United Movement, and Doctors for Camp Disclosures. Be assured all these advocates will be pushing the Maryland legislature which already has a super Dem majority, to override Hogan’s veto of HB 16 in 2022.

The second immigration bill passed by Annapolis but vetoed by Hogan, HB 23, would deny inspection of the Maryland Drivers’ License database by a federal agency seeking access for certain immigration enforcement matters of a public record that contains personal information or certain photographic images.

So in this bill, illegal aliens, whom we somehow years ago decided deserve drivers’ licenses to drive to work (illegal act) or drive their illegal alien or anchor baby kids to school, would be protected from federal review of their records and photographs. Again, why are we treating these border jumpers better than citizens?

This bill was sponsored not by one of the Montgomery County gang, but instead by a Baltimore County liberal, Delegate Dana Stein (D-District 11).

Many of the same groups listed above testified in support of HB 23 including Jews United for Justice, Baltimore for Border Justice, and Maryland for Justice and Police Accountability.

Citizens will find out in January 2022, when the new Annapolis legislative session starts, if these bills will be brought up again for possible veto overrides. Or, will the legislators back down letting the vetoes stand as its an election year and the entire legislature is up for election in November 2022. Elected officials, historically, would never want citizens to know what dangerous and costly legislation they passed against the will of Marylanders.

In our next email blast Help Save Maryland will publish some of the “best” highlights from statements and comments used by the pro-illegal alien groups while testifying. Warning: It will curl your toes.





Help Save Maryland is a multi-ethnic grassroots organization dedicated to preserving Maryland’s counties, cities, and towns from the negative effects of illegal immigration.

By USIncJune 25, 2021



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