Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today, November 18th, announced that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, in partnership with the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has detained 10 illegal aliens with serious criminal histories during targeted enforcement operations conducted in October and November.
The individuals were identified and taken into federal custody pursuant to the KBI’s authority under the 287-G Program, an agreement that allows designated KBI personnel to perform immigration enforcement under ICE supervision. The ten were citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Somalia and Ethiopia.
KBI Director, Toni Mattivi, says each of the offenders had been tried and convicted of a sex offense, a drug offense, or a violent offense. Anyone without citizenship who commits serious crimes against Kansans should not be allowed to stay in our communities, and should have be detained and deported immediately, upon release from prison. They were convicted of everything from murder, indecent liberties with a child, narcotics distribution and others.
