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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.
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
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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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.
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Lawrence was swept with reports of ICE sightings and arrests Tuesday. Advocates say they’ve confirmed five people were detained.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The Lawrence Humane Society has taken in three dogs so far this year who were surrendered because their owners were afraid of detainment and deportation. The shelter had never documented cases like this before.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A Lawrence-based collective advocating for immigrant rights is asking people to call their rapid response hotline if they spot any potential ICE activity around town.
CoreCivic is a step closer to reopening its private prison in Leavenworth as a lucrative immigration detention center after the city planning commission approved a special use permit over objections from local advocates.
A proposed bill would require school districts to verify the gross household income of every student who receives free or reduced-price lunches. Federal law requires schools to verify a random sample amounting to 3% of recipients.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Students walked out of Lawrence and Free State high schools Tuesday to protest ICE. They were joined by middle schoolers, teachers, college students and community members of all ages.
