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Lawrence news June 15, 2025 - 10:44 am

Immigration 101 speakers encourage Lawrence residents to be informed on policy, advocate for immigrant neighbors

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

Advocates with two local organizations on Saturday called on Lawrence residents to amplify and uphold the rights of their undocumented immigrant neighbors.

State News June 11, 2025 - 5:42 pm

Kansas troopers on standby for protests, ahead of nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

State troopers are on standby in Kansas as demonstrations against federal immigration raids crop up around the country following an increased military presence in response to protests in Los Angeles.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life June 9, 2025 - 3:29 pm

Info session will update Lawrencians on local and national immigration policy

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

In the face of uncertainty surrounding changes in immigration enforcement, two local groups are coming together to host an educational session featuring the most current local and national information on immigration.

State News June 6, 2025 - 3:45 pm

Immigrants detained in Leavenworth federal prison live in squalor without sunlight, letters claim

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

Immigrants being held inside a federal prison in Leavenworth and their attorneys reported an unsanitary, inequitable and unhealthy environment that has left people, even those who have won their immigration cases, deprived of basic needs.

State News June 4, 2025 - 5:46 pm

Leavenworth wins temporary restraining order barring CoreCivic from taking ICE detainees

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

A Kansas district court barred CoreCivic Wednesday from reopening its shuttered prison until the company goes through Leavenworth’s development process to receive a special use permit.

State News May 27, 2025 - 3:44 pm

Authorities told this Kansas immigrant he was protected. ICE detained him anyway

by Zane Irwin, Kansas News Service

Jose Madrid-Leiva applied for a type of visa for crime victims and authorities said he qualified for immigration protections. His detention suggests a new frontier in immigration enforcement.

State News May 22, 2025 - 9:08 pm

Judge hands Leavenworth, Kansas, a court loss as battle over immigrant detention continues

by Zane Irwin, Kansas News Service

A U.S. District Court judge ruled in favor of a private prison company that plans to use its troubled Leavenworth facility for immigration detention. The city argued CoreCivic should follow local laws first.

State News May 20, 2025 - 5:02 pm

Federal judge questions Leavenworth’s attempt to block CoreCivic immigration detention center

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

CoreCivic will know by Friday whether it will have to delay plans to begin holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in June at its Leavenworth facility.

State News May 16, 2025 - 11:51 am

Leavenworth sues to keep CoreCivic from reopening Kansas prison as ICE detention facility

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

The city of Leavenworth and CoreCivic will take their fight to court June 9 to determine whether the company can reopen its prison facility as an ICE detention center without going through a permitting process.

State News May 13, 2025 - 3:26 pm

In Kansas, a county jail carries out the majority of ICE detentions

by Meg Britton-Mehlisch, Kansas News Service

The Trump administration’s plans for expanded immigration detentions include Kansas. While a 1,000-bed facility in Leavenworth is on hold, the majority of the state’s detention plays out in a Flint Hills jail.

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