Kansas lawmakers have passed a measure to overturn three communities’ policies that would help immigrants stay in Kansas illegally. The bill is a response to an ordinance enacted last month by Wyandotte County.
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The ordinance provides local identification cards for immigrants and other residents and declares that the county won’t help federal officials enforce immigration laws absent a threat to public safety. Lawrence and Roeland Park in northeast Kansas also have such immigration policies.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt called on lawmakers to intervene.