Johnson County Homeless Shelter Lost Debate Over Hosting Illegal/Undocumented

Behind the scenes there has been a bit of concern over illegal/undocumented guests making their way to Johnson County.

Call'em whatever you'd like . . . Resident fear typically overtakes the facts.

Accordingly . . .

Here's a progressive accounting of recent debate and more deets about the upcoming La Quinta conversion:

Discussion on tax-funded $10M Lenexa Homeless Shelter: Chair Mike Kelly calls Johnson County citizens xenophobes and nationalists while slapping down Commissioner Charlotte O'Hara's amendment to require homeless shelter to only accept U.S. citizens. Amendment is rejected 5-2. Commissioner Janet Hanzlick says homeless should not have to prove citizenship.

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

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