Kansas City Welcomes Immigrant Workers Despite 'Sanctuary' Crisis

Our local progressive activist newsies remain defiant against GOP Super Majority leaders in an ongoing war of words that THREATENS TO RUIN Cinco De Mayo tacos for anybody silly enough to pay attention. 

Accordingly . . . 

Today we notice the ongoing effort to carve out a victory for Mayor Q when, in fact, the episode mostly provided EPIC EMBARRASSMENT and alienated the politico from most local voters. 

Check-it: 

"How exactly Kansas City would handle immigrant workers remains unclear. Local lawmakers aren’t considering designating Kansas City as a sanctuary city, which would mean passing ordinances protecting people in the country illegally from deportation or federal prosecution . . .

"But city officials are looking at ways to bolster the metro’s workforce . . . Unemployment in Kansas City was at 3.6% in February of this year. In Missouri, it was 3.3% and in Kansas it was 2.7%. Nationally, unemployment was at 3.9% in February.

"Another factor: Kansas Citians are aging out of the labor market. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau found that by 2030, 25% of Missouri’s population will be over 60.

"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan federal agency,predicts U.S. deaths will exceed births starting in 2040. Then, immigration will account for all population growth."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri won't let Kansas City be a 'sanctuary city,' but the mayor is welcoming more immigrants

Mayor Quinton Lucas said that he was in talks with cities like Denver and New York to bring immigrants who are authorized to work to Kansas City. Despite uproar from anti-immigration politicians in Jefferson City, that doesn't mean Kansas City is becoming a "sanctuary city."