A RESOLUTION condemning the violent, aggressive, and hostile presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
House Resolution 6028 is a nonbinding Kansas House resolution that condemns the presence and practices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and affiliated agencies. It frames ICE enforcement as violent, militarized, and hostile, and argues that ICE operations have expanded into communities, schools, courthouses, workplaces, and homes in ways that threaten constitutional rights, public safety, and state sovereignty. The resolution also memorializes people who died in ICE custody or during ICE enforcement actions and calls for greater transparency and accountability.
The resolution specifically urges a comprehensive, independent audit of ICE’s internal processes, including training, oversight, use-of-force policies, detention conditions, and accountability mechanisms, and it asks that the findings be released publicly and without redactions. It also directs the House Chief Clerk to send copies to the Kansas congressional delegation and several named representatives. Because it is a resolution rather than a statute, it does not itself change Kansas law or regulate ICE directly, but it expresses the House’s position and seeks federal review and reform.
HR 6028 does not amend Kansas statutes or create enforceable state requirements; instead, it is an expression of legislative sentiment and a formal request for federal action. Its practical effect is limited to official condemnation, memorialization, and a call for an independent audit and public disclosure regarding ICE operations. The resolution may influence public debate, signal state-level opposition to federal immigration enforcement practices, and place pressure on Kansas’s congressional delegation, but it does not alter immigration law, detention standards, or state agency authority.
The overall sentiment in the bill text is strongly negative toward ICE and supportive of immigrants, civil liberties, and state sovereignty. The resolution is written in highly critical language, describing ICE as violent, hostile, and lacking accountability, while emphasizing constitutional protections and the harms caused by detention and enforcement actions. No committee transcript or vote record is provided, so there is no additional evidence of bipartisan support or opposition beyond the resolution’s own framing.
The main points of contention are ICE’s role in interior immigration enforcement, the characterization of its tactics as abusive or unconstitutional, and the resolution’s demand for an independent audit and public release of findings. Supporters would likely emphasize civil rights, due process, transparency, and the protection of communities from aggressive enforcement, while opponents would likely view the resolution as anti-ICE, politically charged, and beyond the proper role of a state legislature. The inclusion of numerous named deaths and allegations of systemic misconduct suggests the resolution is intended to provoke scrutiny of federal immigration detention and enforcement practices.