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Activists in Kansas City are using the world’s focus on soccer to highlight workers’ rights, social inequities and safety concerns for immigrants in the cities where the games are being played.

Timing, dueling court systems and lack of legal help often creates confusion for immigrant youth and can threaten special protections provided to them.

Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students spent a week inside Omaha Immigration Court, where they found a backlogged system overwhelmed by language barriers and policy changes.

Eight months after an ICE detention facility opened in rural Nebraska, state financial records, ongoing legal challenges, confusing finances and divided local reactions raise questions about whether the facility is delivering the economic benefits and transparency Gov. Jim Pillen promised — or if it is shifting financial and social costs onto a rural Nebraska community.

Desde el año 2025, la administración de Trump ha pagado miles de millones de dólares a distintos países para la reubicación de inmigrantes. Muchos siguen esperando en la región central de Estados Unidos, con su futuro y su seguridad en el limbo.

Since 2025, the Trump administration has paid countries millions of dollars to relocate immigrants. Many still wait in the Midwest, their futures and safety in limbo.

An Olathe police officer violated department policy by calling an ICE hotline during a traffic stop, a call that ultimately led to a man's deportation. Learn the details behind the traffic stop and an update on the man's family.

During the recent Kansas legislative session, GOP lawmakers passed a bill overturning a policy that allows thousands of young Kansans to pay for and earn a college education. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill, but Kansas may get sued by the Trump administration.

A year ago, a group of concerned people in Missouri got together to help immigrants detained by ICE, and they've since expanded to seven affiliates in three states. Plus: Even though ICE raids are less visible than this winter, fear among immigrants remains high.

Abide In Love formed in Rolla and now has seven chapters across three states — including one in Kansas City. The group provides money for jail phone calls and commissary, grocery deliveries, bus tickets to go home after a detainee was released, hotels, rent, bills and more.

As the World Cup begins later this week, match officials and team members have faced enhanced immigration scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. A FIFA referee from Somalia was turned away.

Boanerges Flores-Bravo says he signed self-deportation paperwork after officials told him his family would be deported without him, according to U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell. Flores-Bravo fled Nicaragua with his wife and daughter four years ago to escape political persecution