Amid the Trump administration’s escalating mass deportation campaign, many immigrant rights advocates are calling for nonviolent resistance.
Mary Sanchez
Mary Sanchez is a nationally syndicated columnist with Tribune Content Agency. She has also been a metro columnist for The Kansas City Star and member of the Star’s editorial board, in addition to her years spent reporting on race, class, criminal justice and educational issues. Sanchez is part of The Beacon's 2024 pop-up election bureau and a native of Kansas City.
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Nation’s largest Latino civil rights organization meets in KC against backdrop of mass deportations, economic stress
Leader of UnidosUS decries the humanitarian and economic damage of Trump administration’s immigration raids. ‘This is about our civil rights being destroyed.’
Posted inImmigration
Morality and money mix in Leavenworth’s mass deportation detention center debate
Trump administration’s budget bill authorizes $45 billion for more detention centers like the one CoreCivic plans in Leavenworth.
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In Kansas City, most immigrants facing deportation receive no legal counsel
Limited legal help for some immigrants, including unaccompanied children, is being targeted for termination by the Trump administration.
Posted inCivic Engagement
Immigrants in Kansas City urged to self-deport by misleading Justice Department flyers
Justice Department posts self-deportation flyers that misinform, possibly jeopardizing an immigrant’s case
Posted inEducation
International students in Missouri sue Trump administration over revoked status
Previous minor run-ins with the law are suspected of drawing the scrutiny of Homeland Security., which could threaten their ability to legally remain in the United States.
Posted inCivic Engagement
Man deported after visiting family grave in Mexico is back in Kansas City
A DACA recipient from Roeland Park sued the Trump administration after he was not allowed to reenter the United States. He has returned to Kansas City.
Posted inCivic Engagement
Kansas City-area man deported after visiting grandfather’s grave in Mexico
A DACA recipient from Roeland Park has sued the Trump administration after he was not allowed to reenter the United States.
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Schools look to landmark Supreme Court ruling to protect undocumented immigrant students from ICE
Amid rumors and fear, Plyler v. Doe decision guarantees the right of undocumented immigrant children to attend K-12 public schools.
Posted inState Government
Leavenworth considers prison cells for Trump’s mass deportation plan
CoreCivic, through its Leavenworth prison, wants to hold up to 1,000 detained immigrants. The U.S. does not have enough prison cells to meet mass deportation promise.