immigrants

Some immigrants in Kansas City are changing their work hours and shifting other parts of their daily routine to avoid encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A new study found last year’s surge of immigration enforcement resulted in nearly 8,000 jobs lost in Kansas City.

Immigrant communities fearful of expanding ICE enforcement are changing how they work and function in society. Their decisions are having broad economic impact.

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety and Scott County Sheriff's Office defended the ICE action and disputed claims that agents indiscriminately targeted Hispanic attendees.

The federal government's purchase of the CoreCivic-operated ICE detention center in Leavenworth is raising questions about whether the city will maintain the same level of oversight it established before the facility reopened.

"We need pathways to citizenship, but a pathway to better citizenship for us all," said Yery Castillo, a friend of the late Glendy González de la Cruz. "Citizenship that provides us access to quality, affordable health care, clean, safe housing and good-quality union jobs."

On July 11, federal immigration officers detained a U.S. citizen after he took a video showing an ICE agent backing into his car. That incident also showed an agent referencing Kansas' new "Halo Act" banning people from going within 25 feet of a first responder.

"I think our policing depends on us, and we have accountability. If mistakes are made, then they're dealt with," said Overland Mayor Marty Little. "Here, I don't feel that's happening."

The couple's 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother's body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently questioned the drivers and passengers of a bus bound for Mexico. The scene capped a tense week for Wichita's immigrant and Latino community, as businesses urge people to stay home.

Las autoridades federales ejecutaron una orden de registro el 9 de julio en una empresa de fabricación de alimentos situada en el barrio de Historic Northeast de Kansas City, donde los agentes escoltaron y detuvieron a ocho personas, según se ha informado. Adrián Mendoza fue uno de los detenidos.

After neighbors in the Historic Northeast raised concerns about a deteriorating, three-block-long mural, city crews and hundreds of volunteers joined forces to repaint and restore it. Neighborhood leaders say the work will help renew a sense of pride.

Federal authorities executed a search warrant on July 9 for a food manufacturing business in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast, where officials escorted and detained a reported eight people. Adrián Mendoza was one of the detainees.