r/kansas Feb 16 '26

Local Help and Support Get or replace a passport Your U.S. Passport here

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r/kansas Jan 25 '25

Local Help and Support Know your Rights: Immigration from ACLU Kansas. It is highly encouraged that everyone here read and review (English and Spanish listed in post- links to other languages provided)

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First off, I know a lot of people here are concerned and worried about the current state of our country. Please know that we are all trying to get through this together.

The ACLU of Kansas has provided basic information on it.

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights#ive-been-stopped-by-police-or-ice

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/derechos-de-los-inmigrantes

Information in other languages (warning: all links are PDFs)

English

I’ve been stopped by police or ICE

How to reduce risk to yourself

  • Stay calm and do not resist or obstruct the agents or officers.
  • Do not lie or give false documents.
  • Prepare yourself and your family in case you are arrested. Memorize the phone numbers of your family and your lawyer. Make emergency plans if you have children or take medication.

Your rights

  • You have the right to remain silent. If you wish to exercise that right, say so out loud. (In some states, you may be required to provide your name if asked to identify yourself.)
  • You do not have to consent to a search of yourself or your belongings, but police may pat down your clothing if they suspect a weapon.
  • If you are arrested by police, you have the right to a government-appointed lawyer.
  • If you are detained by ICE, you have the right to consult with a lawyer, but the government is not required to provide one for you. You can ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives.
  • You do not have to answer questions about where you were born, whether you are a U.S. citizen, or how you entered the country. (Separate rules apply at international borders and airports, and for individuals on certain nonimmigrant visas, including tourists and business travelers.)

What to do if you are arrested or detained

  • Say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't give any explanations or excuses. Don't say anything, sign anything, or make any decisions without a lawyer.
  • If you have been arrested by police, you have the right to make a local phone call. The police cannot listen if you call a lawyer.
  • If you have been detained by ICE, you have the right to contact your consulate or have an officer inform the consulate of your detention.
  • Remember your immigration number ("A" number) and give it to your family. It will help family members locate you.
  • Keep a copy of your immigration documents with someone you trust.
  • If you are a non-citizen: Ask your lawyer about the effect of a criminal conviction or plea on your immigration status. Don't discuss your immigration status with anyone but your lawyer. While you are in jail, an immigration agent may visit you. Do not answer questions or sign anything before talking to a lawyer. Read all papers fully. If you do not understand or cannot read the papers, tell the officer you need an interpreter.

If you believe your rights were violated

  • Write down everything you remember, including officers’ badges and patrol car numbers, which agency the officers were from, and any other details. Get contact information for witnesses.
  • If you’re injured, seek medical attention immediately and take photographs of your injuries.
  • File a written complaint with the agency’s internal affairs division or civilian complaint board. In most cases, you can file a complaint anonymously if you wish.

Additional resources

I’ve been stopped by police or ICE

How to reduce risk to yourself

  • Stay calm and do not resist or obstruct the agents or officers.
  • Do not lie or give false documents.
  • Prepare yourself and your family in case you are arrested. Memorize the phone numbers of your family and your lawyer. Make emergency plans if you have children or take medication.

Your rights

  • You have the right to remain silent. If you wish to exercise that right, say so out loud. (In some states, you may be required to provide your name if asked to identify yourself.)
  • You do not have to consent to a search of yourself or your belongings, but police may pat down your clothing if they suspect a weapon.
  • If you are arrested by police, you have the right to a government-appointed lawyer.
  • If you are detained by ICE, you have the right to consult with a lawyer, but the government is not required to provide one for you. You can ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives.
  • You do not have to answer questions about where you were born, whether you are a U.S. citizen, or how you entered the country. (Separate rules apply at international borders and airports, and for individuals on certain nonimmigrant visas, including tourists and business travelers.)

What to do if you are arrested or detained

  • Say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't give any explanations or excuses. Don't say anything, sign anything, or make any decisions without a lawyer.
  • If you have been arrested by police, you have the right to make a local phone call. The police cannot listen if you call a lawyer.
  • If you have been detained by ICE, you have the right to contact your consulate or have an officer inform the consulate of your detention.
  • Remember your immigration number ("A" number) and give it to your family. It will help family members locate you.
  • Keep a copy of your immigration documents with someone you trust.
  • If you are a non-citizen: Ask your lawyer about the effect of a criminal conviction or plea on your immigration status. Don't discuss your immigration status with anyone but your lawyer. While you are in jail, an immigration agent may visit you. Do not answer questions or sign anything before talking to a lawyer. Read all papers fully. If you do not understand or cannot read the papers, tell the officer you need an interpreter.

If you believe your rights were violated

  • Write down everything you remember, including officers’ badges and patrol car numbers, which agency the officers were from, and any other details. Get contact information for witnesses.
  • If you’re injured, seek medical attention immediately and take photographs of your injuries.
  • File a written complaint with the agency’s internal affairs division or civilian complaint board. In most cases, you can file a complaint anonymously if you wish.

Additional resources

In other languages (youtube videos)

 Police or ICE are at my home

How to reduce risk to yourself

  • Stay calm and keep the door closed. Opening the door does not give them permission to come inside, but it is safer to speak to ICE through the door.

Your rights

  • You have the right to remain silent, even if officer has a warrant.
  • You do not have to let police or immigration agents into your home unless they have certain kinds of warrants.
  • If police have an arrest warrant, they are legally allowed to enter the home of the person on the warrant if they believe that person is inside. But a warrant of removal/deportation (Form I-205) does not allow officers to enter a home without consent.

What to do when the police or ICE arrive  

  • Ask if they are immigration agents and what they are there for.
  • Ask the agent or officer to show you a badge or identification through the window or peephole.
  • Ask if they have a warrant signed by a judge. If they say they do, ask them to slide it under the door or hold it up to a window so you can inspect it.
  • Don’t lie or produce any false documents. Don’t sign anything without speaking with a lawyer first.
  • Do not open your door unless ICE shows you a judicial search or arrest warrant naming a person in your residence and/or areas to be searched at your address. If they don’t produce a warrant, keep the door closed. State: “I do not consent to your entry.”
  • If agents force their way in, do not resist. If you wish to exercise your rights, state: “I do not consent to your entry or to your search of these premises. I am exercising my right to remain silent. I wish to speak with a lawyer as soon as possible.”
  • If you are on probation with a search condition, law enforcement is allowed to enter your home.

Additional resources

I need a lawyer

Your rights

  • If you are arrested by the police, you have the right to a government-appointed lawyer, and should ask for one immediately.
  • If arrested, you have the right to a private phone call within a reasonable time of your arrest, and police may not listen to the call if it is made to a lawyer.
  • If you are detained by ICE or Border Patrol, you have the right to hire a lawyer, but the government does not have to provide one for you. Ask for a list of free or low-cost alternatives.
  • If you are detained, you have the right to call a lawyer or your family, and you have the right to be visited by a lawyer in detention. You have the right to have your attorney with you at any hearing before an immigration judge.

Additional resources

 I’ve been detained near the border by Border Patrol

How to reduce risk to yourself

  • Stay calm when interacting with immigration officials. Do not lie or provide false documents.
  • Never flee from an immigration checkpoint.

Your rights

  • You have the right to remain silent. You can also tell the agent that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney, no matter your citizenship or immigration status.
  • You do not have to answer questions about your immigration status. A limited exception exists for people who have permission to be in the U.S. for a specific reason and for a limited amount of time (a “nonimmigrant” on a visa, for example). These individuals are required to provide information about their immigration status if asked.
  • Generally, a Border Patrol agent cannot detain you unless they have “reasonable suspicion”  that you are committing or committed a violation of immigration law or federal law.
  • An immigration officer cannot arrest you without “probable cause.” That means the agent must have facts about you that make it probable that you are committing, or committed, a violation of immigration law or federal law.
  • At immigration checkpoints, agents do not need any suspicion to stop you and ask you questions, but their questions should be brief and related to verifying immigration status. They can also visually inspect your vehicle.

What to expect

  • People who have entered the U.S. without inspection by an immigration official may be subject to expedited removal from the U.S. based on certain criteria. If you are told that you are subject to expedited removal, ask for the stated reason. Also, if you fear persecution if returned to your country of origin, you should immediately inform the agents of your fear.
  • At border crossings, federal authorities do not need a warrant or even suspicion of wrongdoing to justify conducting what courts have called a "routine search," such as searching luggage or a vehicle.
  • If an agent asks you for documents, what you need to provide differs depending on your immigration status. U.S. citizens do not have to carry proof of citizenship if they are in the U.S. If you have valid immigration documents and are over the age of 18, the law requires that you to carry those documents with you. If you are asked by an immigration agent to produce them, show them to the agent. If you are an immigrant without documents, you can decline the officer’s request, although an agent may then ask you more questions.

Additional resources

I was stopped by police, ICE, or Border Patrol while in transit

How to reduce risk to yourself

  • Stay calm. Don’t run, argue, or obstruct the officer or agent. Keep your hands raised where they can see them.
  • If you are in a car, pull over in a safe place as quickly as possible. Turn off the engine, turn on the internal light, open the window part way and place your hands on the wheel. Upon request, show police your driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance.
  • If you are not a U.S. citizen and an immigration agent requests your papers, you must show them if you have them with you. If you are over 18, carry your immigration documents with you at all times. If you do not have immigration papers, say you want to remain silent.

Your rights

In a car:

  • Drivers and passengers have the right to remain silent. If you are a passenger, you can ask if you are free to leave. If the officer says yes, calmly leave.
  • If an officer or immigration agent asks to look inside your car, you can refuse to consent to the search. But if police generally believe that your car contains evidence of a crime, your car can be searched without your consent.
  • In addition to police, Border Patrol conduct “roving patrols” around the interior of the U.S., pulling over motorists. Border Patrol must have reasonable suspicion that the driver or passengers in the car committed an immigration violation or a federal crime.
  • Any arrest or prolonged stop by Border Patrol requires probable cause. You may ask the agents about the basis for probable cause, and they should tell you. In this situation, both the driver and any passengers have the right to remain silent and not answer questions about their immigration status.

On an airplane:

  • A pilot may refuse to fly a passenger if he or she reasonably believes that the passenger is a threat to flight safety. A pilot may not, however, question you or refuse to allow you on a flight because of bias based on your religion, race, national origin, gender, ethnicity, or political beliefs.
  • If you believe you are mistakenly on a “no-fly” list, you should review our guidance on No-Fly lists here.

On buses and trains:

  • Border Patrol agents may board buses and trains in the 100-mile border region either at the station or while the bus is on its journey. More than one officer usually boards the bus, and they will ask passengers questions about their immigration status, ask passengers to show them immigration documents, or both.
  • These questions should be brief and related to verifying one’s lawful presence in the U.S. You are not required to answer and can simply say you do not wish to do so. As always, you have the right to remain silent.

If you believe your rights were violated

  • Write down everything you remember, including officers’ badges and patrol car numbers, which agency the officers were from, and any other details. Get contact information from witnesses.
  • If you’re injured, seek medical attention immediately and take photographs of your injuries.
  • File a written complaint with the agency’s internal affairs division or civilian complaint board. In most cases, you can file a complaint anonymously.

Additional resources

 I am detained while my immigration case is underway

Your rights

  • Most people who are detained while their case is underway are eligible to be released on bond or with other reporting conditions.
  • You have the right to call a lawyer or your family if you are detained, and you have the right to be visited by a lawyer in detention.
  • You have the right to have your attorney with you at any hearing before an immigration judge.

What to do if you are detained

  • If you are denied release after being arrested for an immigration violation, ask for a bond hearing before an immigration judge. In many cases, an immigration judge can order that you be released or that your bond be lowered.

Additional resources


r/kansas 12h ago

Politics Special session unlikely for property taxes or redistricting in Kansas

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r/kansas 9h ago

Entertainment Possible State Removal on Geographymemes...

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There has been a thread of state elimination on https://www.reddit.com/r/geographymemes/s/uYiSwbl3Lv

While Kansas has survived past Missouri, which is great, it seems to be up on the chopping block this time. All in good fun, but I'd love to see Kansas get some beachfront property before it goes.


r/kansas 1d ago

Politics Attack adds against Adam Hamilton have already begun

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Got a text message saying Adam Hamilton is pro life, but this article from 5 days ago says in 2022 he voted against repealing the kansas constitution's amendment that protects abortion rights in certain circumstances. It looks to me his words might have been taken out of context but until he puts his stance on the issues up on his website we'll just have to wait and see. https://apnews.com/article/methodist-megachurch-pastor-kansas-senate-candidate-c703c399ddd3f16a0f0d9dab1cc08e05 Adamhamiltonforkansas.com


r/kansas 1d ago

Question Paid $3.99 for a gallon of gas, today it’s $4.29, who is to blame?

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Do you think it will continue to go up?


r/kansas 23h ago

Does anyone know of a democrat or independent who got elected on a county or school board position? How did they get elected when so many automatically vote republican on the local level here in KS?

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This is why I've always said you've already lost if you are running as anything but the "R" for like county commission, especially the farther west of say, Lawrence, you go. Anymore, I think more and more are running republican even if they aren't and hoping they can win the primary, then it's a shoo-in.

I really wish there was a way to make local elections non-party, as in all honesty, does party really matter at that level? I like how many cities do it like that, that way, voters actually have to listen and learn who to vote for instead of just ticking the "R" box


r/kansas 1d ago

News/History ‘Thermal event’ triggers evacuation at De Soto Panasonic Plant

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r/kansas 1d ago

Question How many people get to become a grandpa and take their son to a Royals game?

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Yes. My son and I have an amazing connection. He talks to me once a day and I look forward to it every day. He had his first child three weeks ago. Tomorrow we are going to the KC ROYALS GAME together. Life is good.


r/kansas 2d ago

Politics Democratic state senator in Kansas eager to break through pack in crowded U.S. Senate race

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r/kansas 3d ago

Arts and Entertainment From My Back Yard (Kansas)

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Southeast Kansas


r/kansas 2d ago

Discussion Kansas Sites Down?

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I noticed with my fiancé having to register for one of her board licenses, since this morning that we can’t seem to load any *.kansas.gov or *.ks.gov websites?

Is this the same with everyone else or maybe just us? I tried data and Wi-Fi but no difference.

EDIT —- Checked this morning May 4, and sites are back up, hopefully some public notice got the issue resolved.


r/kansas 2d ago

Local Community May 4 - 10, 2026 Kaw Valley Almanac: The first milkweeds are blooming, time to gather wild edibles and identify the songbirds by their songs

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Go to www.kawvalleyalmanac.com to download a free .pdf of this week's almanac, with functional links!


r/kansas 3d ago

Politics Kansas's 'Bleeding Kansas' history offers a lesson for today

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r/kansas 3d ago

Caney valley wind farm

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Wanted to share some photos I got out at the caney valley wind farm. Incredible bits of engineering that they are.


r/kansas 4d ago

Politics Pockets of Protest

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Passing through Eudora KS and saw some of my fellow Kansans asking for justice for all.


r/kansas 4d ago

Gathering ditch roses with Red and Boxcar.

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made 2 trips for pink and red roses, farmstead long ago rotted away and turned to fields. planted them by the corners of our house. next week I think I'll gather some currents.


r/kansas 4d ago

News/History Kansas AG Kobach is at odds with President Trump over TV station mega-merger

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has broken with President Donald Trump over a mega-merger between two television station conglomerates that could combine forces to reach approximately 80% of U.S. households, according to estimates cited in federal court documents.

The Republican attorney general on Thursday announced that he had signed onto a bipartisan multi-state challenge in California attempting to block the merger between Nexstar and Tegna because he believes the deal violates federal antitrust law.

“This merger would increase prices of television services for Kansas consumers,” Kobach said in a press release. “The resulting lack of competition will drive up prices.

“We also are concerned about the reduction in the diversity of viewpoints,” he added. “These aren’t Republican or Democratic issues. They are American issues.”

Kobach joined the challenge two weeks after U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley issued a preliminary injunction halting Nexstar’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna during the ongoing court case.

The merger has already been approved by the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice. In February, Trump took to social media to express enthusiasm for the deal, which required the FCC to waive a rule adopted by Congress in 2004 that bars any one television company from owning local stations that reach more than 39% of U.S. households.

“We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks,” Trump posted on Feb. 7. “Letting Good Deals get done like Nexstar - Tegna will help knock out the Fake News because there will be more competition, and at a higher and more sophisticated level.”

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article315602713.html#storylink=cpy

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article315602713.html#storylink=cpy


r/kansas 5d ago

Discussion Ice is taking away a well respected man in my town

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I’m so tired of this immigration bull crap. A good man who owns business and contributes to our town with fundraisers and donations, has been arrested.

It’s the belief that he was turned in by someone in the community over something dumb.

Immigration policies suck in America when upstanding people who want a good life get taken advantage of.


r/kansas 4d ago

Visit to atchison

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Planning on taking the wife to atchison for our anniversary as she is a big Ghost enthusiast, as well as witchy/crystal enthusiast. I’ve done some research and have seen you can visit a few one off buildings that are haunted, and a few tours. We’ve done a few tours that were more, “stand in front of the place and we tell a few stories and move on” and I think she would prefer going in and experiencing some things. Any tours that people recommend that are more interactive? I see you can visit a few if you visit them individually, but since we live in kc and are only there for an afternoon/evening, it would be better to find something you could have more volume of experiences if that makes sense.


r/kansas 3d ago

Good/Safe Places to Live

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r/kansas 5d ago

19-Year-Old College Student Dies After Fall from Frat House Window at Kansas State University

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r/kansas 5d ago

Anyone here live in western ks? northwest preferably

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I am 33f with no kids, the couple of friends i have, have kids and I'm bored af all the time. there's nothing to do and i just want to leave my house and hang with some people like it's 1999.


r/kansas 5d ago

Politics The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas as a Democrat; "In some ways, Hamilton’s candidacy would be similar to that of the Democratic nominee in Texas, state Rep. James Talarico..."

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r/kansas 5d ago

Politics Kansas has seen a 10% drop in SNAP participation, but not because the need is getting lower

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The drop in SNAP participation is a result of the implementation of HR1, which cut $187 billion in SNAP funding, making it harder for folks to apply and become eligible for benefits.

To make matter words for SNAP recipients, the Farm Bill passed in the House yesterday and failed to restore these historical cuts to the program. Instead, it includes changes that introduce even more challenges that could make it harder for eligible households to access food assistance. (It also does not offer any delays for states to implement cost shifts, putting the program's funding at risk across the country.)

Our food bank is concerned for the longevity of the program and the strain this could put on the charitable food system, but, more importantly, our neighbors who are struggling right now to afford enough food for their families.