GOP proposal on illegal immigrants sparks street protests
After days of large demonstrations against criminal penalties for illegal immigrants, a GOP plan surfaced. A Washington Post-ABC poll found 20 percent favor criminalizing illegal immigrants and barring work, while over 60 percent backed the broader Senate approach requiring fines and back taxes for potential citizenship. Senator Kennedy criticized the GOP effort as criminalizing immigrants, urging a humane approach tied to national security.
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Meatpackers ally with immigrants amid national rallies
The article notes Minneapolis based Cargill and its Dodge City Excel Corp plant, Tyson Foods plants in Holcomb and Springdale distributing worker fliers urging contact with lawmakers. It mentions HR 4437 immigration penalties and talks on legal status for undocumented workers, with industry groups pushing for a legal entry channel and worker legalization.
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Dodge City
Excel Corp
Springdale
Ark
U.S
House of Representatives
Kansas
National Beef
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Laura Reiff
Essential
Tyson
American Meat Institute
Reiff
911 Dispatchers Describe 911 Call Handling And Limits
In Detroit and Garden City, dispatchers explain training to identify caller location and assess danger while acknowledging resource limits. They note 1101 911 calls in March versus 848 in February, emphasize not overreacting to nonemergency uses, and stress dispatchers are liaisons who cannot provide all details but ensure responders are sent when needed.
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Detroit
McGaughey
Garden City
James Hawkins
Partment
Schools Board Debates Abstinence Education Mandate
Kansas board members weigh requiring abstinence in sex ed and warn against state mandates. Janet Waugh urges local control while Carol Rupe opposes changing state rules. Sue Gamble cautions about setting a precedent tying abstinence to accreditation as Wichita teacher Charles Jenny defends comprehensive programs.
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Carol Rupe
Kansas
Sue Gamble
Charles Jenny
Wichita
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Dodge City Excel workers walk off to protest immigration rally
Several hundred employees at the Excel Corp Dodge City beef plant briefly left the line and gathered in the cafeteria after management disciplined some workers for missing work to attend an immigration protest. Union leaders said no penalties were imposed as talks continued and the plant remained fully staffed later that day. Officers and troopers were deployed briefly to prevent unrest as negotiations continued.
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United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2
Excel
Mark Klein
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United States
Ford County
Dean Bush
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