🌱 How ICE raids briefly shut down a Liberal meatpacking plant.

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In today's newsletter:

• How ICE raids briefly shut down a Liberal meatpacking plant.
• Why ICE operations in Liberal suddenly worry Kansas Republicans.

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 56.
• Thursday: Occasional morning rain, with a high of 68 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sticker Shock: Trump's ICE Machine Draws Fire From Ranchers and Home Builders (americasvoice.org) — Meatpacking plants in Liberal, Dodge City, and Garden City recently shut down temporarily and sent cattle back to feedlots after disruptive ICE operations, adding pressure to already high beef prices. Kansas livestock groups and national advocates say aggressive immigration enforcement is straining local workforces, raising grocery and housing costs, and disrupting everyday life in communities like Liberal.
   

• Why ICE Is Becoming a Midterm Problem for Republicans: What Kansas, Maine and a 53% Poll Reveal (latintimes.com) — Recent ICE actions in Liberal, Dodge City, and Garden City disrupted local schools and beef plants, forcing cattle back to feedyards and briefly halting operations. Kansas senators now urge better coordination with local officials, as Republicans nationally worry that enforcement-related economic pain in places like Liberal could become a key election issue.
   

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Tuesday October 6
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Other local events

Wednesday September 30
• Storytime In-Person
  Children's Area
  10:00 am
Thursday October 1
• LEGO Play Day In-Person
  Downstairs Activity Area
  4:00 pm
• Home Football v Horace Good
  Eisenhower Middle School Liberal, KS 67901
  4:00 pm
• JV/Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Hays
  Liberal High School Liberal, KS
  5:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Mahjong In-Person
  Cooper-Clark Room
  1:00 pm
• Varsity Football vs. Garden City
  Liberal High School Liberal, KS 67901
  7:00 pm
Monday October 5
• JV Volleyball Liberal Tri
  Liberal High School Liberal, KS
  4:00 pm
• 9th & JV Football @ Garden City
  Liberal High School Garden City, KS
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• MES K,1st Grd to Integrity Bank, Am. Imp
  South Gray Jr High Copeland, KS 67837
  8:50 am
• Golf @ Syracuse
  Ulysses USD 214 Ulysses, KS 67880
  1:00 pm
• Volleyball: (Varsity)
  South Gray Junior High Varsity Gym
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Ulysses

• Firm to Farm: Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies the Marketable Condition Rule for Natural Gas Royalties (rfdtv.com)

Garden City

• What's in a Place Name? And Where is Buttermilk, Kansas? (hppr.org)
• No. 20 Dragons Pick Up Road Sweep at Garden City - Ad Astra Radio (adastraradio.com)

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