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In his first interview since being accused of voting illegally by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Joe Ceballos, a self-described loyal Republican voter, contends he thought he could vote as a legal permanent resident. His friends and high school teacher worry they’re partly to blame.
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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.
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The Midwest Newsroom and its partners asked police departments and sheriff offices in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to tell us whether they will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies as part of the Trump White House “mass deportation” plan.
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Two employees of a Lawrence, Kansas, business were convicted of conspiring to "encourage or induce" undocumented immigrants to reside in the U.S. But the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the federal statute "criminalizes a substantial amount of constitutionally protected speech."
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Kansans who help resettle refugees are preparing to welcome 500 people from Afghanistan to the state. Many are destined for Wichita and Kansas City, but they'll be scattered across Kansas.
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The federal government has begun sending billions of dollars in advance child tax credits to families across America. But among refugees in southwest Kansas, a lack of communication about the monthly payments in their native languages is already hindering the rollout.
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For nine years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, has protected people illegally brought to the U.S. as children.Sunflower…
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About 5,000 unaccompanied minors are being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in emergency influx shelters.
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Despite COVID-19 risks and high unemployment rates last year, employers wanted to fill more jobs filled with H-2A guest workers in 2020. Usually, high...
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Refugee agencies in Kansas are bracing for a historically low admissions cap in the coming year.The U.S. Department of State released a report last week…
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In the almost three years between former Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement that the Trump administration was ending DACA, and Thursday’s…
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GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Rohingya refugees have made southwest Kansas home, but now a pipeline for family reunification could get cut off. Myanmar is one...