The Kansas Attorney General’s Office said it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the deportation of criminal illegal aliens.  The agreement will allow agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Under the terms of the agreement, a limited number of KBI agents will receive ICE training that authorizes the agents to arrest illegal aliens, to serve and execute warrants for some immigration violations, and to issue immigration detainers.    Kansas is the second state in the nation to deputize state law enforcement agents to enforce immigration laws. 

KBI director Tony Mattivi said in a press release, “This agreement will not shift KBI investigative priorities but will allow us to more swiftly achieve justice in cases in which the KBI currently focuses – major violent crimes, crimes committed against children, and targeting drug trafficking organizations.”