As more details come to light around the Lenexa Police Department’s investigation of a city councilmember’s immigration status, local attorneys and advocates question if the councilmember’s constitutional rights were violated and if local law enforcement should have ever acted on the issue in the first place.
Earlier this month, Lenexa City Councilmember Melanie Arroyo disclosed during a public meeting that local police requested she provide proof of U.S. citizenship after someone called the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, claiming that Arroyo isn’t a legal resident and isn’t eligible to serve in local office by law.
Arroyo became a citizen in 2018 and was elected in 2021…