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On February 7, 2017, a student at Briarwood Elementary in the Shawnee Mission School District was taken into state custody by the Prairie Village Police Department at the end of the school day. The child's mother had been detained by ICE agents and her toddler had also been taken into state custody. The student's father was not home at the time of the incident and later picked his children up from a Division of Children & Families facility.

Citing Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, a piece on ThinkProgress explains the significance of the recent court ruling ordering Kris Kobach to release documents pertaining to his proposed changes to the National Voter Registration Act that he took to his meeting with President Trump in November.

A federal judge has ordered Kris Kobach to release the document outlining his proposed changes to federal voting rights laws that he took to his infamous meeting with President Trump in November. Deeming Kobach's previous denial of the document's content "word-play meant to present a materially inaccurate picture of the documents," the judge called the Secretary of State's credibility into question.

ACLU of Kansas sent a letter to the President of the Dodge City Community College requesting official documents related to an alleged requirement that the College’s cosmetology students speak only English and refrain from speaking Spanish at school.

Quoting Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, an article today in “Think Progress” cites “the ‘farcical’ stats Republicans use to claim millions voted illegally” (in the 2016 Presidential election). 

In a letter to Tim Morse, Sheriff of Jackson County, Kansas, Doug Bonney, legal director of the ACLU Foundation of Kansas, highlights some of the legal liabilities that may result of Kansas sheriffs involve local law enforcement agencies in federal immigration enforcement activities.

In an editorial in the Topeka Capital-Journal, Micah Kubic, executive director of the ACLU of Kansas, explains why the ACLU believes local law enforcement should remain focused on local issues, not on immigration.

Police shouldn’t be able to take your property. Several bills before the Kansas legislature address this problem, and Kansas media are covering the important discussion. The ACLU is fighting for openness, accountability and fairness in opposing HB 2001 and supporting HB 2018 and 2116.

The Shawnee Mission School District has issued a policy prohibiting teachers from wearing safety pins and the ACLU has something to say about it.