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The Missouri House also passed legislation Thursday creating cross-reporting requirements for child and animal abuse cases. Here's what bills are moving through the legislature.

Owen Ramsingh, the Columbia father who was detained by ICE late last year, has been banned from the United States because of a drug possession charge from when he was a teenager. Despite efforts from the Columbia community, he was deported to the Netherlands in February.

In February, ICE agents detained three people in Milan, a town of about 1,800 people in north-central Missouri. The sudden disappearances of the community members has pushed several households to consider leaving town, which could spell doom for businesses that rely on Hispanic customers.

Advocates for ending birthright citizenship point to "birth tourism" schemes to argue that the legal principle is ripe for exploitation and threatens national security. Experts say it's not so simple.

Refugees and other immigrants are no longer eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as states implement a federal rule change. The restriction is one of many moves that has made it harder for immigrants to access federal benefits.

A reopened private prison outside of Kansas City is already ramping up as an immigration detention facility. But resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.

O'Fallon, Missouri, resident Armande Namegni was detained and jailed on Jan. 22 during a routine immigration check-in. A Cameroonian asylum seeker, Namegni had a prior nonviolent charge on her record but said it was wrongly attributed to her and never caused a problem until this year.

A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers.

More local law enforcement agencies are signing agreements with federal immigration agencies, bringing in new revenue for the departments, at the potential risk of community relationships. The agreements mean that even minor infractions like driving tickets have the potential to result in deportation.

Three students at Derby High School, southeast of Wichita, tell us why they participated in an anti-ICE walkout at their school.

The Leavenworth City Commission voted to grant CoreCivic a special use permit to operate an ICE detention center, which will be central to President Donald Trump's mass deportation efforts. The vote came despite intense community opposition and a yearlong legal battle.

A push from Missouri's Republican attorney general to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures — drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults.