The Kansas City, Missouri, City Council passed a resolution during its Thursday meeting that places a five-year ban on non-municipal detention facilities in the city.
The vote comes after Jackson County Legislature Chairman Manny Abarca said he was told by Department of Homeland Security officials of plans to build a 7,500-bed ICE detention facility in Kansas City. Abarca was at a warehouse in south Kansas City on Thursday morning where he was told ICE personnel were conducting a site tour.
Jackson Co. legislator says DHS touring south Kansas City, Missouri, warehouse for ICE detention facility
The City Council’s vote Thursday afternoon puts a five-year moratorium on permits, licenses, zoning and other approvals for non-municipal detention facilities in Kansas City.
Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced the measure…