Mary Sanchez Reports On Kansas City Dreamers & Undocumented Denied Legal Counsel

Actually . . .

We're only posting this one because it's always curious that one of KC's senior newsies is put on the barrio beat by so-called progressives . . .  

For better or worse . . . But Dems & Republicans love the deportations and the agonizing is mostly for show . . . 

The real contest is simple: Can MAGA match former Prez Obama's deportations?!?! Right now he's losing the contest and midterms might hurt his chances. 

In the meantime . . . Here are a few local factoids from our 2nd favorite newsie . . .  

Because deportation is classified as a civil sanction, not criminal, immigrants facing removal are not given the constitutional protections under the Sixth Amendment that are provided to criminal defendants, according to the American Immigration Council.

This differs from the criminal justice system, where people facing even one day in jail will have a court-appointed attorney, if they can’t afford one.

“It’s like a system that is completely stacked against immigrants,” said Clare Murphy Shaw, executive director of the Asylum Clinic Kansas City, which primarily focuses on pro bono help for immigrant children who entered the U.S. without parents or guardians.

Only 23.4% of immigrants, including unaccompanied children, had an attorney with them when they were ordered to be removed from the country in May 2025, according to government data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.

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

In Kansas City, most immigrants facing deportation receive no legal counsel

Limited legal help for some immigrants, including unaccompanied children, is being targeted for termination by the Trump administration.