Kansas City Voted 12–1 to Keep a 7,500-Bed ICE Detention Center Out. The Next Morning, Mark Alford Wrote ICE Offering His Own District Instead.
Alford's letter calls local opposition "obstruction" and adds a line about his seat on the Appropriations Committee: "we look forward to helping make this happen." He named the Harrisonville and Belton ground the next week, to a TV reporter.