Case challenged Trump administration’s mass deportation tactics. Workers are now free on bond.
Immigration
Posted inHousing
For Latinos, the American Dream hinges on getting a mortgage
Latinos are expected to be 70% of net new homeowners in the U.S. by 2040. Local programs are designed to help increase Latino homeownership.
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Refugees could lose SNAP benefits any day. Then health care will go away
New federal legislation has changed who qualifies for food stamps and health care benefits like Medicaid. Refugees and asylees don’t.
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KC figures strongly in long campaign to build Smithsonian museum honoring America’s Latinos
The White House recently targeted the Latino museum in a listing of Smithsonian exhibits and messaging criticized as woke or anti-American.
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Kansas City’s immigrant rights advocates echo national call for nonviolent resistance
Amid the Trump administration’s escalating mass deportation campaign, many immigrant rights advocates are calling for nonviolent resistance.
Posted inEducation
After federal guidelines shift, JCCC restricts access to English classes for some immigrants
In response to changing federal guidance, Johnson County Community College is screening applicants to its adult English classes based on their immigration status.
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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.’
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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.
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As Trump administration’s deportation policies sow fear, Hispanic businesses suffer
Businesses along Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, are taking a hit as customers stay home and cut back on spending.