The Dotte Debates 'Get Out Of Jail Free' Municipal ID Card

Even some of the very nicest people TKC knows understand that the Dotte has its share of "challenges" and the politics of this enclave can be confusing at best.

And so, social justice advocacy pushes forward despite more practical reelection concerns.

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Along with a municipal ID, the ordinance would prohibit local law enforcement from coordinating with immigration authorities except in the case of fugitives or those with dangerous criminal records. Organizers have dubbed this part of the effort as "ICE non-compliance."

Efforts to pass the ordinance have been ongoing for several years, but David Alvey, mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, says he cannot support it. Some of his opponents in the upcoming mayoral election, however, say they're open to the idea.

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Kansas City, Kansas, Residents Continue Calls To Ban Police From Working With ICE

For the past several years, an effort to establish a municipal ID in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has been stuck over a provision that would prohibit local law enforcement from coordinating with immigration authorities. Now it's become an issue in the race for mayor.