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A 19-year-old U.S. citizen pinned to the ground and handcuffed outside an Olathe Walmart. Federal agents allegedly peering through the windows of a community center that houses the Boys & Girls Club. Five arrests in five different locations around Lawrence in the span of one day. ICE is making its presence known in northeast Kansas. Parts of Johnson County — Olathe in particular — are seeing increased immigration enforcement in recent days, following news that plans to transform a vacant south Kansas City warehouse into an ICE mega detention center had been scuttled. The arrival of federal immigration agents in diverse communities across and beyond the Kansas City metro has heightened anxiety among residents. “It is heartbreaking and horrific to know that we’ve got folks — I mean, we’ve seen it in other places, including Minneapolis and now here in Kansas — where people are scared to leave their homes,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said Tuesday after an event in Overland Park. In an email statement to The Star, ICE spokesperson Rob Hughes declined to answer specific questions about the agency’s operations in the metro area. He suggested that doing so could jeopardize officers’ safety. Read more at the link above. #Olathe #Lawrence #Kansas #ICE #LocalNews
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