Shuttered private jail in Kansas could become immigration detention center
The ACLU warns that CoreCivic’s shuttered Leavenworth jail could play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans as an immigration detention center.
DACA health care ruling leaves few options but emergency care for some immigrants in Kansas
Immigration advocates are regrouping after a recent ruling prevented the expansion of health care access for more than 4,000 people in Kansas brought to the country illegally as children.
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Staying strong, even in limbo: Meet scientist and aerial artist Jodi Simeon
Every week, a group of women gather to practice aerial arts on 19-foot-tall silks. One of them is 26-year-old Jodi Simeon — described as fearless, despite knowing that her future in Lawrence hinges on random chance.
Federal court rules immigration law violates First Amendment, in a win for Kansas workers
Two employees of a Lawrence business were convicted of conspiring to “encourage or induce” undocumented immigrants to reside in the U.S. But the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the federal statute “criminalizes a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech.”
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Immigrant suffering from mental illness deported after 6-month breakdown in Kansas jail
TOPEKA — A mentally ill man who spent six months in a Kansas jail after […]
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As immigrant’s health deteriorates in Seward County Jail, his wife pleads for mercy
Olvera Argueta now has spent nearly six months in jail after being pulled over for speeding in Texas and transferred to Kansas for a decade-old charge that was dropped.
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