Kansas attorney general says stabbing death shows need for greater police cooperation with ICE

Honduran man unlawfully in U.S. faces manslaughter charge in southwest Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach encourages local law enforcement agencies to work with ICE to detain people scheduled for deportation. During a Topeka news conference, KBI interim director Robert Jacobs, center, and Shawnee County Sheriff Brian Hill, left, share Kobach’s belief that collaboration with ICE is beneficial to Kansas. (Photo by Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach asserted a stabbing death in southwest Kansas could have been averted through compliance with a federal court order for deportation of the man later charged in the slaying. Kobach, a Republican who is seeking reelection against Democrat Chris Mann, said the tragedy made clear why it was important for city and county law enforcement agencies in Kansas to sign cooperative agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track down fugitives without the right to be in the United States. 31 killing of Adonis Edgardo Aguilar-Juarez of Lakin.

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