Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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.

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.

Immigrants to the U.S. without legal status have found themselves facing deportation to a country where they have no ties. Independence resident Alisa Ramdial Shahib is one of the latest.

Independence resident Alisa Ramdial Shahib is the latest case of the Trump administration attempting to deport an immigrant to a country where they have no ties. She’s been detained in Kansas since March, with no criminal charges against her.

Advocacy groups say immigration enforcement in Kansas City resulted in the detention of at least 30 people during the World Cup. The increased ICE presence across the Kansas City metro has kept residents on edge, and led to a backlog in the court system.

As the Trump administration continues to bolster deportation efforts, local advocacy groups have reported a rise in immigrant arrests between June 15 and July 3, while Kansas City hosted World Cup matches. The increased ICE presence across the Kansas City metro area has kept residents on edge.

On Thursday morning, federal officials raided a food manufacturing facility in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast. The operation is an extension of federal efforts to ramp up immigrant arrests during the World Cup.

Ramsingh said living in Mexico allows his family to be closer to friends and relatives in the U.S. When he was detained by ICE, Ramsingh had a green card he had been renewing since he arrived in the U.S. in 1986 at age 5.

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.