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KCTV Investigative Reporter Samantha Boring discusses more about her story on Missouri's hands-free driving law.
A Brazilian asylum seeker shares his personal journey and experience navigating the U.S. immigration system in this extended interview. He says he fled Brazil to escape threats from organized crime and has been in the legal asylum process for nearly two and a half years while residing in the Kansas City area.
Sergio’s life changed in minutes. A routine traffic stop for speeding led to his arrest, and weeks after a new policy eliminated bond hearings, he found himself detained and unable to work. In this extended interview, he describes how that timing—and that policy—affected fighting his removal case.
Trinidad Raj Molina is an organizer and immigration rights advocate with Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation. In this extended interview filmed in November 2025, he discusses the patterns of ICE arrests in the Kansas City area, the tactics being used, recent high-profile raids, and what he sees as systemic failures in the U.S. immigration enforcement system.
Maya King is an immigration attorney working with individuals facing deportation proceedings in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed August 2025, she discusses a dramatic policy change that eliminated bail eligibility for people who entered without inspection—a shift that has upended cases she’s been handling. She also discusses how ICE is offering detainees financial incentives to “voluntary departure” before they ever see a judge.
Kristi Nelson is a former immigration judge who served in Chicago’s immigration court from September 2023 to April 2025, when she resigned. She’s practiced law for 30 years. In this extended interview, she discusses the systemic challenges facing the U.S. immigration court system, recent mass terminations of judges, and the pressure immigration judges face from changing administrations.
Rekha Sharma-Crawford is an immigration attorney in Kansas City. In this extended interview filmed in August 2025, she discusses how national policies are affecting the local immigration court system and the fundamental problems with the current immigration system that she argues require a complete overhaul, not band-aid fixes.
Stories of immigration, from arrests to detentions, court proceedings to legal paths, are unfolding in Kansas City.
One year after federal actions on immigration, we uncover how they're changing lives here.
We uncover how they're changing lives here, as we take this issue ... Beyond the Border.
St. James, Missouri, is a welcoming small town with deep roots, shaped by generations of local industry, rail-era growth, and the traditions of the surrounding Ozark landscape.
Its history is still visible today in the character of the community and the pride residents take in preserving what makes the town distinctive.
Join Sharon Chen as she takes a virtual trip to St. James, Missouri!
