Immigration and Customs Enforcement

As arrests have climbed in President Trump's second term, advocates and attorneys across the state say undocumented immigrants live in fear.

Owen Ramsingh, the Columbia man who was detained by ICE late last year, has been banned from the United States. Despite efforts from the Columbia community, he was deported to the Netherlands in February.

Police Chief Kurt Frisz said 10 officers will undergo an online, self-paced training that gives them quicker access to ICE in order to determine the status of individuals found without legal status.

A Syracuse University researcher says new ICE agreements spreading across Missouri will shift immigration enforcement onto local police — with possible consequences for towns and taxpayers.

Victor López Delara was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after police stopped him for driving without a front license plate. His fiancée says she's worried that López Delara, who has no criminal history and has been in the United States since he was 4, now faces detainment and deportation.

According to the Facebook post, Ramsingh experienced starvation, "horrific" living conditions and witnessed a murder.

Port KC commissioners voted to terminate and refrain from any negotiations with Platform Ventures. The company owns a south Kansas City warehouse rumored to be part of a federal plan to convert such spaces into immigration detention facilities.

His wife, Diana, and one of their children plan to join him this week.

Local leaders, businesses and educators are reckoning with rising anxiety in St. Louis' immigrant community after a year of President Trump's increased immigration enforcement, which was marked last month by federal agents' killing of Minnesota residents Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Community groups have raised funds to support the family's move to The Netherlands.