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Kansas City Star
August 26, 2026

How two sisters became watchdogs of an under-resourced KC immigration court
By Taylor O'Connor and Sofi Zeman


Federal judges heard the cases of roughly 157 people total in seven mega master hearings held in KC in July, watchers reported. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a data-gathering, research and data distribution organization, there are more than 49,000 backlogged immigration court cases in Kansas City.


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