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"We would encourage the city to consider all possible options as the communities of Leavenworth have made it clear there is broad opposition to the expansion or use of the CoreCivic facility for ICE detainees," said Micah Kubic, the executive director of ACLU of Kansas.

"Speak out against the attacks on our community and the slander against the immigrant residents of Wyandotte County and this country," said Micah Kubic, with ACLU Kansas.

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 major immigrant populations in New York City and San Francisco

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."

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

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 potentially reopen.

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

The ACLU warns CoreCivic’s Leavenworth facility and others could play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans

Micah Kubic, executive director of the Kansas American Civil Liberties Union, said the ruling is “just one waystation” in what he expects to be a lengthy court battle on the issue.