Kansas judge hears arguments over CoreCivic’s attempt to house ICE detainees in Leavenworth

Описание: A courtroom packed with people listened to arguments involving a private company’s plans to bring Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, detainees to its Leavenworth facility.

CoreCivic wants to house those ICE detainees at its Midwest Regional Reception Center.

However, in March, city leaders approved a resolution requiring CoreCivic to apply for a special use permit.

When the company applied, then withdrew the application, arguing it wasn’t necessary, city leaders obtained a temporary injunction in June to stop CoreCivic’s plans.

At a hearing Monday morning lasting about an hour, arguments were made about formalizing the written language of that temporary injunction.

A CoreCivic attorney also argued it should be tossed out altogether.

“This is a routine board of zoning appeals issue, and the city has provided no response to this court, why that wouldn’t be the case here,” said Taylor Concannon Hausmann, CoreCivic’s attorney.

“CoreCivic is about to operate a jail or prison within the city limits. Number two, they don’t have a permit to do so,” Joe Hatley, an attorney for the city of Leavenworth, argued in court.

A special use permit would require public hearings.

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