The Kansas "Halo Act" does nothing to keep Kansans safe. Instead it insulates ICE and local law enforcement from accountability, further expanding their authority to detain people without proper due process.
ICE and law enforcement don't need more protections, Kansans do.
All democracy is local—and that includes the ability to say NO to 287(g) agreements, which means saying NO to using local resources to help ICE in their predatory agenda.
Making voting easier in other languages ensures all eligible Kansans are able to exercise their constitutional right to vote.
Add your name to our petition to show support for Spanish-language materials and translated ballots at polling locations here in Kansas: https://loom.ly/QM9jjZ4
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Kansas legislators overrode Gov. Kelly’s veto on an amendment that would require students to receive parental permission for protesting, and financially penalizes school districts if they’re found to be complicit in the organizing of school protests.
Help defend democracy in your community! Join the Election Protection team—learn more and sign up at aclukansas.org/take-action.
“We look forward to fighting against them alongside other Kansans.”- Micah Kubic, Executive Director of the ACLU of Kansas
“These bills are part and parcel of the illegal and dangerous attempts nationally to subvert our democracy and to dismantle our fundamental constitutional protections against government overreach and state violence…
“Lawmakers have turned on the rights of their own constituents, on voters across the state, on the immigrant community, and on potentially every Kansan...
S Sub HB 2372 will also expand sheriffs’ authority to indefinitely detain people in jail without a warrant on behalf of ICE, a direct legislative contradiction of the fundamental constitutional requirement that detention be supported by probable cause.
S Sub HB 2372 will create a 25-foot zone around law enforcement and criminalize protest activity.
HB 2437 risks the privacy and data of thousands of Kansas residents by requiring the compilation of new lists with sensitive information, similar to the past errors of the Crosscheck system that compromised the sensitive data of nearly 1,000 Kansas voters and that we challenged in a 2018 lawsuit.
HB 2437, the so-called SAVE Kansas Act, will create new mechanisms for purging voters from the rolls and create additional obstructions for voter registration efforts.
Kansas state lawmakers overrode gubernatorial vetoes last week in a broad attack on Kansans’ ability to vote, to be free from unconstitutional detention, and to protest.
DON'T MISS OUT: Our Executive Director Micah Kubic will join American Public Square's event this Wednesday, Breaking the I.C.E. on Immigration Enforcement and Federal Power.
Register today by clicking here: https://loom.ly/JAtSxqc
Take Action with us this April through any of our upcoming events for Kansas voting rights, either in-person or virtual! To learn more about opportunities for democracy defense, visit our events page at aclukansas.org/events.
At its core, the law should be a tool to empower common people to get fair outcomes in disputes. When we honor this, we can equal the power imbalance and hold the privileged to account.
We're looking for a dynamic, innovative, and seasoned professional to serve as our inaugural Deputy Executive Director and Chief Program Officer. To learn more about this position, click here: https://loom.ly/boDfd5g
Let's call the SAVE Act what it is—an obvious and audacious overreach that will keep eligible voters from participating in our democratic process.
Probation practices deprive Kansans of their most basic rights until they pay off restitution—meaning many lose these rights, including the right to vote, forever. We're challenging these laws with our lawsuit Englund v. Kansas. Your rights do not and should not depend on how much money you have.
Our Executive Director Micah Kubic will join American Public Square's event, Breaking the I.C.E. on Immigration Enforcement and Federal Power.
Get tickets and learn more about the panelists by clicking here: https://loom.ly/gk-1PTg
More pretrial detention has been proven to leave our communities worse off. Kansans don't need more detention, they need criminal legal reform policies that will keep families together and Kansans in their communities.
In this last week of the legislative session, a number of proposed laws that would undermine our elections and erode our constitutional rights are still on the table.
Defend our rights in Kansas by contacting your state representatives today: https://loom.ly/hXxUdJI
As the Leavenworth Facility officially restart their operations in Leavenworth, it's crucial this committee remains vigilant and transparent with Leavenworth and the greater Kansas community.
CoreCivic must remain accountable for their actions.
This committee is made of a diverse group of local representatives dedicated to the "due process and humane treatment for all inmates and detainees inside the facility, and the safety of all those housed or working inside the facility," (City of Leavenworth).
The City of Leavenworth's Corrections Oversight Committee was formed at the end of March as part of the City Commission's agreement to grant CoreCivic's Special Use Permit (SUP).
When regular people face discrimination or unfairness by government actors or powerful landlords, the legal system is often their only source of recourse. But access to the legal process depends on the money someone has. This locks out the people who need it most.
House Bill 2651: This bill undermines judicial discretion and disproportionately harms low-income Kansans by mandating arrest and imposing stricter pretrial conditions based solely on charge level rather than individualized risk.
House Bill 2444: This bill expands pre-trial detention practices by reducing how jail credits are applied, imposing more rigid sentencing rules, and setting mandatory minimum bond amounts.
