House votes mostly on party lines, approves three emergency immigration measures

By: William J. Ford

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: February 27, 2026

Words: 1,004

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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The House passed three more bills Thursday aimed at challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement activities, voting mostly along party lines for the emergency measures.

Republicans decried the measures that they said amounted to little more than virtue-signaling, repeatedly saying it would be bettte to “work with our federal partners” to capture serious, violent criminals who are in the country illegally. Fighting the federal government, they said, would just lead to the military-style deployment …

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