Third No Kings protest planned in Lawrence
Lawrence will join the third surge of nationwide No Kings protests with a demonstration starting in Watson Park focused on visibility.
Dozens oppose Kansas bill inflating enforcement powers of ICE and other federal agents
More than 10 news entities objected Monday to a bill before the Kansas Legislature granting federal law enforcement officers authority in Kansas to impose 25-foot buffer zones in public spaces and secure immunity in lawsuits.
ICE detention center in Kansas can open after Leavenworth granted a private prison company’s permit
The Leavenworth city commission voted to grant a permit allowing private corrections company CoreCivic to hold more than 1,000 federal immigration detainees in a shuttered facility.
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‘Hold the line’: Michael Fanone shares his Jan. 6 experience, champions accountability
Former D.C. Metro police officer Michael Fanone described his “medieval battle scene” experience at the Jan. 6 insurrection and what ensued afterward that led him to become an advocate for accountability and democracy during an event Sunday in Lawrence.
ICE agents arrest people in Lawrence and on KU campus, advocates say
ICE agents returned to Lawrence Friday morning and detained people on KU’s campus and elsewhere, according to local immigration advocates.
Adam Schultz
Former police officer injured during Capitol riot to speak in Lawrence, hold rally
Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C. police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, will soon give a talk in Lawrence before holding a rally in South Park.
Opponents of proposed ICE detention center in Leavenworth make final push as vote nears
Tensions ran high in Leavenworth Tuesday evening. Protesters gathered outside city hall as city leaders considered a private prison company’s application to house immigration detainees in the historic prison town.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell students gather Lawrence community in peaceful protest, demand ICE stay out of Lawrence
A peaceful, anti-ICE protest organized by Haskell students Friday afternoon brought swaths of community members together to declare that no one is illegal on stolen land.
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Lawrence police, Douglas County Sheriff say they had no notice ahead of ICE arrests
Spokespeople for the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said that neither agency was involved in Tuesday’s ICE sightings and arrests, nor did they know they were coming.
via Sanctuary Alliance
Multiple reports of ICE detainments, sightings in Lawrence; 5 arrests confirmed, advocates say
Lawrence was swept with reports of ICE sightings and arrests Tuesday. Advocates say they’ve confirmed five people were detained.
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