Local refugee agencies, immigration attorney react to potential ICE detention center in Kansas City
KSHB reports that local refugee resettlement leaders and immigration attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford are raising alarms after news of a potential ICE detention center in Kansas City. Sharma-Crawford urges local lawmakers to step up and insists that if a facility moves forward, it must include real oversight to prevent human rights violations. Read the full story […]
Afghan man who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban ordered released from ICE detention in Missouri
In The Beacon’s report, immigration attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford wins a federal court order releasing Mohammad Ali Dadfar, an Afghan asylum seeker held in Missouri after what the judge found was a warrantless arrest and the termination of parole without a hearing or written notice. The ruling spotlights how immigration detention can be “administrative” while still […]
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban jailed
In a Springfield News-Leader report, immigration attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford challenges the warrantless arrest and detention of Afghan asylum seeker Mohammad Ali Dadfar—a former Afghan army security officer who aided U.S. forces and now fears being sent back to Afghanistan. Sharma-Crawford calls the continued due-process denials “un-American” as the case tests enforcement limits under the 2022 […]
Authorities detain migrants protected by program that offers help to victims of crime
An NPR report highlights a troubling enforcement shift: migrants who applied for U visas as crime victims — a program meant to encourage cooperation with law enforcement — are still being detained by ICE. Attorneys warn the policy change could chill crime reporting and undermine public safety. Read the full report →
Kansas Immigrant Qualified for Protection Gets Arrested by ICE Anyway: ‘Always Been About Racism & Hatred’
The Nerd Stash reports that Rekha Sharma-Crawford is representing Jose Madrid-Leiva, a Kansas City, Kansas father seeking U visa protection after a 2022 armed robbery, who was detained by ICE after an April 2025 traffic stop despite being told he could live and work while his application was pending. \ Read the full story → […]
Authorities told this Kansas immigrant he was protected. ICE detained him anyway
A KAKE report highlights the case of Jose Madrid-Leiva, a Kansas City, Kansas father who applied for U visa protection as a crime victim and was told he qualified to remain and work while his case was pending — yet he was detained by ICE after a traffic stop, signaling a sharper turn in immigration […]