Local officials in Wyandotte County will soon discuss whether they can pass a rule banning any potential future plans for non-municipal jails, like a federal immigration detention center, from moving forward in Kansas City, Kansas.
That resolution, proposed by Third District Commissioner Christian Ramirez last month, would put a moratorium on applications for permits to establish a correctional facility if approved. The item will go before the county’s Planning Commission during a Monday evening meeting.
It comes at a time when the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rapidly expanding its enforcement across the country and people across the Kansas City metro are feeling the effects of that uptick…