Providing affordable health insurance regardless of immigration status benefits all Marylanders

On a scale of 1 to 10, the political rhetoric regarding U.S. border policy has landed somewhere around “11” in recent weeks, as the number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to climb and U.S. Border Patrol encounters reach record highs. But amid all the speech-making and fist-banging, communities across the United States face the more practical challenge of how to ensure access to adequate shelter, food and medical care for all people, regardless of their immigration status — whether they’re near the Southern border or in the middle of the Free State.