MARYLAND — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has announced her support for the influx of Syrian refugees into her city. The announcement comes as Governor Larry Hogan seeks to block the refugees from Maryland.
Mayor Rawlings-Blake said in a statement: “Baltimore, Maryland and the United States have proud traditions of welcoming refugees seeking assistance from crises around the world.
There are few among us who can claim that their ancestors were indigenous to the United States.
Welcoming immigrants and New Americans is a critical part of my strategy to grow Baltimore, and I hope that refugees from Syria will look to our city as a potential place to call home.”
Earlier today, the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, also expressed the city’s willingness to accept the migrants.
Mayor Rawlings-Blake made national headlines earlier this year when she declared that she allowed rioters “space to destroy” during the Freddie Gray protests.
