Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Port KC commissioners voted to terminate and refrain from any negotiations with Platform Ventures. The company owns a south Kansas City warehouse rumored to be part of a federal plan to convert such spaces into immigration detention facilities.

Platform Ventures, owned by Ryan and Terry Anderson, pitched a warehouse development as a job creator for south Kansas City. Port KC says the company went behind its back to strike a deal with ICE, which would undermine job growth in the area.

Several years after federal judges rejected the Trump administration's attempt to bar some immigrants from being included in census counts, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway wants to bring the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas joined KCUR’s Up To Date to talk about his concerns regarding a possible ICE facility in Kansas City, his new role as the president of the Democratic Mayors Association, and Argentina choosing Kansas City as its home base for the 2026 World Cup.

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a jump in disapproval of the agency among Democrats and independents, but Republicans are standing by ICE and the president.

The Jackson County Legislature is considering requiring federal officers to keep their faces and badges visible while conducting immigration enforcement actions. The Department of Homeland Security insists masking protects federal law enforcement from doxing and physical attacks.

Faith leaders and immigration advocates discussed the current fears around immigration enforcement in Kansas City, and gave attendees advice on how to combat their fear and turn it into action.

Sheriff Darryl Forte said lawmakers have a duty to prioritize community concerns over politics. Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca, who introduced the measure to ban masks, countered that accountability “shouldn’t be a problem for good cops.”

Now based at the Minnesota Star Tribune, Allison Kite describes the demands of covering immigration enforcement activity while being encouraged by her community’s response.

Green card holder Owen Ramsingh has spent months in a U.S. detention center in El Paso, Texas, where at least three people have died in recent weeks. Columbia community groups have raised funds to support the family's move to The Netherlands.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States — several of which are in Kansas City — because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.

Senate Democrats say they are unwilling to fund the Department of Homeland Security without major reforms, raising the likelihood of a partial government shutdown at the end of this week.