Southwest Kansas Community Seeks Answers After ICE Raids Detained 104 People, Reuters Reports November 13 on a Sharp Electoral Swing
Community organizers in southwest Kansas addressed members of the Dodge City commission in a starkly lit meeting room, asking what city officials had known before federal immigration raids, why the area was targeted and how the city would respond if it happened again, Reuters reported on November 13.
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept into the meatpacking region in late September and detained 104 people, according to the local US Attorney, with Hispanic communities in Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal hardest hit.
Dodge City is now 67 percent Hispanic, according to the US Census, the raids disrupted economic activity, and local officials complained they had been kept in the dark.
On November 3, Adam Hamilton ousted incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall, becoming the first Democratic senator elected in Kansas in nearly a century and taking office in January, while the three counties most affected by the raids swung toward Hamilton by more than 20 points on average from the 2024 presidential vote share, in results compiled by Reuters and USA Today.
The Department of Homeland Security gave Reuters a statement on its enforcement, and White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said the president's immigration agenda had delivered the most secure border in history.
A local nonprofit, New Frontiers, delivered hundreds of meals to affected families, Reuters reported, as questions at community meetings continued.
Source: Reuters
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