Toward the end of an Olathe City Council meeting on Feb. 17, Councilmember Matthew Schoonover took a moment to address the community following two recent high-profile incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city.
“I think everybody here in Olathe deserves to feel at home and respected,” he said.
He applauded Olathe Police in particular. While some other local law enforcement agencies in Kansas had entered formal agreements with the federal government to assist ICE in deportation operations, Olathe Chief of Police Mike Butaud was on record as stating Olathe Police had no role in enforcing federal immigration laws…