Gov. Martin O’Malley joined pro-immigrant group leaders in Langley Park on Wednesday to herald a planned facility that advocates say will provide a variety of services to low-income area residents, but anti-illegal immigration group members say is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
CASA of Maryland, an immigrant-advocacy organization, will turn the historic McCormick-Goodhart Mansion into a regional headquarters and multicultural center for the area’s diverse communities. CASA leaders said the mansion will provide space for their group and several other nonprofit agencies to offer health, legal, education, leadership and economic development services. Officials in the governor’s press office said the state gave CASA a $1.2 million historic tax credit for agreeing to renovate the deteriorating property.
