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When Hutchinson community activist Esmeralda Tovar-Mora had the opportunity to visit with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office last week, she shared with him a recent stressful experience in her life. Seated beside the president, she told him about when her permit issued under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program expired. The policy temporarily protects immigrants brought to the country as children from being deported and allows them legally to work and drive. It was her fourth renewal, and Tovar-Mora, brought here by her parents from Mexico when she was 2, thought that she’d applied in plenty of time. ....
The Hutchinson City Council may take up an ordinance banning conversion therapy within the city if it involves minors. Councilwoman Jade Piros de Carvalho said she was approached by a member of the Hutchinson Youth Council asking that the city take a look at the issue and she wondered if the council would consider it. Conversion therapy is an attempt to change the sexual orientation of an individual who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ). It usually targets youth, Piros de Carvalho said. The Lawrence City Commission banned the practice in April and the city of Roeland Park did so last summer. ....
Community leaders hope to conduct 60 small group meetings in July to gather public comment on how to spend the $17 million-plus coming to the city and county. ....