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KS becomes second state to sign ICE agreement

By Brian Hagen

02/17/2025

(MSC News)--Kansas becomes only the second state to "deputize state law enforcement to enforce immigration laws under President Donald Trump.

The agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, signed by the Kansas Attorney General's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, was announced Monday by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach.

The agreement, a release from Kobach explains, "will allow KBI agents to work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to remove criminal illegal aliens from Kansas."

Under the terms of the agreement, a limited number of KBI agents will receive ICE training that authorizes the agents to arrest illegal aliens, to serve and execute warrants for some immigration violations, and to issue immigration detainers.

The Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes states and political subdivisions of a state to enter into such agreements.

The release notes that Kansas is one of the first states in the nation to enter such an agreement.

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