KANSAS CITY – Kansas has become the second state in the U.S. to deputize state law enforcement to enforce immigration laws as directed by President Trump.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach says his office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation have signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that will allow KBI agents to work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to remove undocumented immigrants from the state.
Under the terms of the agreement, a limited number of KBI agents will receive ICE training that authorizes the agents to arrest undocumented immigrants, to serve and execute warrants for some immigration violations, and to issue immigration detainers.
“The KBI is pleased to have another tool at our disposal to get known criminal offenders out of our communities,” says KBI Director Tony Mattivi, who also notes that this agreement will not shift the agency’s investigative priorities.