Press Releases
FREDERICK, MD–Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney announced that she will not attend the President’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 24. Instead, she will join fellow members of Congress at the "People’s State of the Union" event on the National Mall that evening.
Congresswoman McClain Delaney’s statement:
Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) released the following statement:
“Tonight at midnight, appropriated funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to lapse, and it should not be renewed until we see good faith negotiations from the White House and Republicans in Congress. Democrats have been clear: we are prepared to fund the vital missions that protect the American people, but Republicans refuse to negotiate meaningful reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) released the following statement against the SAVE Act:
“Once again, Republicans are prioritizing their own political survival over the people they represent and the democracy they’re sworn to protect. I voted against the SAVE Act because it strikes at free and fair elections.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD) was joined by Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and U.S. Senator for Maryland Angela Alsobrooks to introduce the Fiscal Harms of Federal Firings Act, which would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a comprehensive study of the financial impacts of the Trump Administration’s mass firings on state and local governments.
WASHINGTON, DC–Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06) introduced legislation to prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from establishing or operating its planned immigration detention facility in Williamsport, Maryland, or elsewhere in Washington County.
Lawmakers wrote to Commission ahead of its vote on a resolution expressing “its full support for DHS and ICE” amid local outcry against ICE warehouse purchase, agency’s repeated string of lawless abuses in Maryland and across U.S.
Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney posted the following statement:
"Today, I voted no on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. I remain opposed to any funding - for any length of time, even 10 days as laid out by this bill - to further fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while it continues to terrorize American communities through unlawful raids, arrests, detentions, and discriminatory practices.
McClain Delaney also confirms viral video which depicts deplorable conditions of those locked within the facility
Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney posted the following statement:
"We have now confirmed the facility ICE purchased in Washington County. According to the county’s circuit court records, the address is: 16220 Wright Road, Williamsport, MD, 21795.
Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06) released the following statement:
“What the Trump Administration is doing in Minnesota is a testing ground for a paramilitary police state across the country, which is why I stand with Minnesota, and I stand with America.