Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector
Topeka Thirty-one percent of people in Kansas who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2015 and 2018 had no criminal conviction or just a minor traffic offense, according to records compiled into a new statewide data tool made available by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.
Information sourced from the Syracuse TRAC system details the number of ICE arrests and removals in Kansas and the highest level of crime committed, if any. In 2019, 359 people in Kansas were removed by ICE, down from 621 in 2018. On top of that, 576 Kansans were arrested by ICE in 2018; there is no data available in this category for 2019.
Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector
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A new ACLU of Kansas data tool shows ICE removed 43,069 immigrants across the state in 2019, down from 77,858 in 2018.
TOPEKA Thousands of people who are arrested or removed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have no criminal conviction or just a minor traffic offense, according to records compiled into a new statewide data tool made available by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.
Information sourced from the Syracuse TRAC system details the number of ICE arrests and removals in Kansas and the highest level of crime committed, if any. In 2019, 43,069 people were removed by ICE in Kansas, down from 77,858 in 2018.