Posted on May 28, 2022
Kansas immigrants say they face 'unsafe and unwelcome' state under law banning sanctuary cities
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Local governments are now banned from preventing law enforcement from working with federal immigration authorities, and limited in their ability to issue municipality ID cards. But advocates warn the action will have a chilling effect on the Kansas economy and cause legal problems.
Alejandro Rangel-Lopez says fear is a given in a mixed-status household.
Growing up in Dodge City with an undocumented parent, Rangel-Lopez constantly feared his father coming home with news that immigration agents had detained his mother.
And he says fear of deportation kept his mother from reporting an abusive ex-husband who fled with their two oldest children to Mexico in 2001.
Alejandro Rangel-Lopez says fear is a given in a mixed-status household.
Growing up in Dodge City with an undocumented parent, Rangel-Lopez constantly feared his father coming home with news that immigration agents had detained his mother.
And he says fear of deportation kept his mother from reporting an abusive ex-husband who fled with their two oldest children to Mexico in 2001.
Kansas immigrants say they face 'unsafe and unwelcome' state under law banning sanctuary cities
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We need to get this straight: Illegal Aliens are not Immigrants and have no rights. I realize for some time now the Left has been trying to replace the name Illegal Aliens with the name of Immigrants, no matter how hard they try to do this it just doesn’t work. Now I understand that President Biden’s Administration is trying especially hard to provide all the rights to Illegal Aliens that they can. The bottom line is when it is tested in court regardless of what policies gave status to Illegal Aliens, they still need to be deported and wait their turn to come into our Country. If not, there is no border. Think about what this means for a while.
The human suffering and pain caused by these feel good policies for illegal aliens in our Country and crossing our borders that have no basis in law will continue ripping people apart until our government forces are allowed to execute the laws of our Country.
The human suffering and pain caused by these feel good policies for illegal aliens in our Country and crossing our borders that have no basis in law will continue ripping people apart until our government forces are allowed to execute the laws of our Country.
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..."Looking toward the future
With the law enrolled, immigration reform advocates and stakeholders involved in passing their city or county sanctuary ordinances are asking: “What next?”
Karla Juarez, executive director of the Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, and a member of the Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte Coalition, said step one was to analyze what parts of their ordinance might be salvageable. In addition, Juarez was hopeful there would be some sort of statewide education initiative.
“So, focusing on the individual and communities, give them the facts about how this is going to affect you because there is lots of fear mongering,” Juarez said.
Juarez also agreed with the governor’s assertion that Congress should address federal immigration. Unfortunately, she said the law put community organizers in a tight spot where making meaningful policy changes to protect immigrants was now in question.
Other members of the coalition echoed Kelly’s request for a trailer bill to ensure individuals who rely on local government IDs to vote, like veterans, the elderly and Kansans with disabilities, are not adversely affected.
So far, no such bill has been filed.
Ferreiro, of Sanctuary Alliance Lawrence, is looking at ways to ensure legislation like this does not pass in the future. For her, the best way to do that is to mobilize different communities to vote in droves.
“We saw those shifts on a smaller level. We saw it in Lawrence. You saw them in Roeland Park and in Wyandotte County,” Ferreiro said. “What would it look like if we grew that, and we tried to do that statewide? Could we shift the power politically back to the people?”
..."Looking toward the future
With the law enrolled, immigration reform advocates and stakeholders involved in passing their city or county sanctuary ordinances are asking: “What next?”
Karla Juarez, executive director of the Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, and a member of the Safe and Welcoming Wyandotte Coalition, said step one was to analyze what parts of their ordinance might be salvageable. In addition, Juarez was hopeful there would be some sort of statewide education initiative.
“So, focusing on the individual and communities, give them the facts about how this is going to affect you because there is lots of fear mongering,” Juarez said.
Juarez also agreed with the governor’s assertion that Congress should address federal immigration. Unfortunately, she said the law put community organizers in a tight spot where making meaningful policy changes to protect immigrants was now in question.
Other members of the coalition echoed Kelly’s request for a trailer bill to ensure individuals who rely on local government IDs to vote, like veterans, the elderly and Kansans with disabilities, are not adversely affected.
So far, no such bill has been filed.
Ferreiro, of Sanctuary Alliance Lawrence, is looking at ways to ensure legislation like this does not pass in the future. For her, the best way to do that is to mobilize different communities to vote in droves.
“We saw those shifts on a smaller level. We saw it in Lawrence. You saw them in Roeland Park and in Wyandotte County,” Ferreiro said. “What would it look like if we grew that, and we tried to do that statewide? Could we shift the power politically back to the people?”
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