Rep. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, successfully carried a nonbinding resolution asking Gov. Laura Kelly to consider deploying Kansas National Guard troops and Kansas law enforcement officers to the U.S.-Mexico border to show solidarity with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s fight with the Biden administration to secure the border. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
TOPEKA — The Kansas House struggled through lengthy debate on illegal immigration mired in issues of fentanyl poisoning, Marxist journalists, Texas’ governor, state sovereignty, razor wire, federal judicial power, the United Nations, the role of law enforcement, the Kansas National Guard, the presidential race and human trafficking.
When dust settled on the partisan back-and-forth a majority registered support for House Resolution 6035, which characterized influx of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border as an “invasion” and encouraged Gov. Laura Kelly to offer “support and solidarity” with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s defiance of Biden administration directives and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.