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 […]
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Anti-immigrant law motivated by xenophobia and racism makes Kansas less welcoming
The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Huascar Medina is the poet laureate of Kansas. On Feb. 22, HB 2717 was introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives. By April […]
Immigrants face new reality and old fears under a Kansas law banning ‘sanctuary’ cities
TOPEKA — 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 […]
This Johnson County city could be impacted by new Kansas immigration law
Roeland Park’s “safe and welcoming” ordinance, which has been on the books for more than a year, could be impacted by a new state law recently signed by Gov. Laura Kelly. What is the law: HB 2717, among other provisions, prohibits municipalities from “preventing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.” […]
Fiscal policy changes can begin to make Kansas more racially equitable
The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Tiffany Anderson, superintendent of Topeka USD 501, and Shannon Portillo, associate dean and professor at the University of Kansas, served as […]
Laws against gay sex were ruled unconstitutional long ago, but Kansas won’t drop its ban | KCUR 89.3
TOPEKA, Kansas — Intercourse between same-sex couples technically remains a crime in Kansas even though the provision in state statute was ruled unconstitutional 19 years ago. Since then, multiple attempts to remove the outdated language have failed. The latest legislation to change the law has languished in a Statehouse committee […]