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Jan 23, 2025

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’

The American Civil Liberties Union estimates that ICE is considering an expansion of immigrant detention space across at least eight states, in locations ranging from Leavenworth, Kansas, to the outskirts of...

Jan 22, 2025

Kansas lawmakers eye resolution urging governor to work with Trump on immigration

The ACLU in December announced that documents it had obtained revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was "actively considering proposals to expand its immigration detention capacity in Kansas....

Jan 22, 2025

Kansas House bill would use driver’s license records to look for voters who are not citizens

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas expressed concerns over data privacy, pandering to conspiracy theories of illegal voting and inadequate appeals processes.

Jan 16, 2025

ICE, DHS seeking to add another detention center to Kansas

An immigration detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas, was shut down by the federal government in 2021. Four years later, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) discovered that the facility could...

Jan 9, 2025

ICE looking to expand migrant detention facilities across country, ACLU says

'It's important for the American public to know exactly what Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to do,' ACLU lawyer says.

Jan 9, 2025

Is Wyandotte County the beginning of the end of Kansas’ death penalty? Judge to decide

The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is intervening in two capital murder cases underway in Wyandotte County, challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty as a form of punishment.