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Former detainees are speaking out about what they say are poor conditions at an immigration detention center in eastern Kansas.

The ICE 287(g) program is expanding in the Midwest, and immigration advocates say there’s not enough oversight. This month, the Department of Homeland Security announced new financial incentives that could boost local involvement even further.

Employees at the General Services Administration are scrambling to lease offices to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country. Kansas City is one of the places where federally-owned or leased property might be used.

President Donald Trump’s travel ban and delays in visa applications have blocked some international students from coming to the U.S. to study this fall. International students contribute more than $40 billion to the U.S. economy and could equate to a billion dollar loss to schools and the local communities they serve.

The Trump administration's clampdown on student visas is starving U.S. colleges and universities of some of their more lucrative and high-achieving students, just as American schools have been increasingly banking on students from overseas to compensate for slumping domestic enrollment.

After a large gathering outside of the Cedar Rapids ICE office last month, more federal and local law enforcement officers guarded the office during appointments in September.

New federal legislation has changed who qualifies for food stamps and health care benefits like Medicaid. Under President Donald Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' most refugees and people receiving asylum are no longer eligible.

Después de que el gobierno de Trump pusiera fin a un programa migratorio para personas de países predominantemente hispanoparlantes, los empleados, padres y estudiantes se están adaptando a una nueva realidad, como muchos lugares de trabajo alrededor de la región.

The Trump administration requested assistance from the Missouri National Guard for clerical, transportation and logistical tasks for immigration authorities — not arrests. The Guard would remain under the authority of Missouri's governor.

An open letter signed by a majority of Kanas bishops encouraged Kansans to see immigrants as humans, not criminals. Meanwhile, the Kansas Legislature is pushing the governor to "fully cooperate" with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

A Phelps County official said the $85 a night the federal government paid per detainee wasn't covering the increased costs of transportation and additional paperwork.

As the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation campaign, with several recent incidents of ICE raids in Kansas City, civil rights advocates nationally and locally are emphasizing training for bystanders and a heightened attention to nonviolent civil disobedience.