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In one estimate, up to 12,000 former and current military families have a spouse or other relative subject to deportation, said Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., who is among the group of lawmakers fighting against the efforts. Read more »

Members of Congress stood beside military spouse Alejandra Juarez on Capitol Hill Thursday as they introduced a new bill to help prevent her deportation and the deportation of potentially thousands of other military family members like her. Read more »

Maryland Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a similar letter to Mattis requesting “a comprehensive, long-term strategy for (troops’) role in southern border security.” Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) sent a letter today requesting Defense Secretary Mattis provide details on the scope, characteristics and specific guidance of the border security strategy by which the National Guard deployment to the southern border will operate. Read more »

Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) led every member of the Maryland Congressional Delegation in urging Army Secretary Mark Esper to consider Maryland as the location of the Army’s Futures Command. Read more »

Lawmakers expressed frustration with the conditions that Puerto Ricans have been forced to live under over the past seven months. They also questioned President Trump’s unwillingness to make recovery from the hurricane a higher priority of his administration. Read more »

Politicians from around the country are lobbying the Army for the opportunity to host its new Futures Command, as the service narrows its sights on more than a dozen urban hubs with access to tech and academic talent. Congressional representatives from Georgia, Florida, Kansas and now Maryland have made pleas to Army Secretary Mark Esper, including letters to Esper from the Georgia and Maryland delegations. Read more »

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers from all over the country are lobbying the Army to locate its new Futures Command near them, eyeing a potential economic boon. Read more »

Amazon’s HQ2 isn’t the only high-profile headquarters project Maryland’s pursuing: The state wants to be the home of a new Army command dedicated to force modernization and readiness. Read more »

Democrats, who voted unanimously against the tax bill in the House and Senate, say there is no reason to celebrate. Over the weekend House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the tax cuts "deeply unfair" and denounced the law as "a complete fraud scam." Read more »