堪萨斯州州长候选人就警长与ICE协作法表态
约翰逊县邮报10月16日刊出堪萨斯州州长候选人问答系列的最后一期，议题是县警长与联邦移民及海关执法局（ICE）的协作。今年，州议会推翻州长劳拉·凯利的否决，通过一项法律：允许警长无需县委员会批准即可与ICE签署287(g)协作协议；同一法律还在急救人员（包括联邦探员）周围设立25英尺缓冲区，该缓冲区曾在今年早些时候奥拉西的移民执法行动中被援引。
民主党候选人、州参议员辛迪·霍尔舍表示，她支持强有力的边境与执法，警长应能与ICE合作将危险罪犯带离街头；但她认为该法留下太多未决问题，如当选州长将与两党合作解决。她提出，地方民选县委员应对县资源使用有发言权，缓冲区应保护执法人员，但不应被用于针对和平观察的居民或记者。
该问答系列在提前投票开始前逐日刊出，此前已涉及财产税、特殊教育经费、医疗补助与联邦削减、州预算等议题。共和党候选人为州参议院议长泰·马斯特森。堪萨斯州州长选举将于11月3日举行，凯利因任期限制不再竞选。
Kansas Governor Candidates Address Sheriffs and ICE Agreements Law
The Johnson County Post published on October 16 the final installment of its questionnaire for Kansas governor candidates, focused on sheriffs' cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This year the Legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of a law letting sheriffs sign 287(g) agreements with ICE without county commission approval. The same law created a 25-foot buffer around first responders, including federal agents, which ICE agents invoked during immigration enforcement operations in Olathe earlier this year.
Democratic candidate State Sen. Cindy Holscher said she believes in a strong border and enforcing the law, and that sheriffs should be able to work with ICE to get dangerous criminals off the streets, but that the law leaves too many questions unanswered and she would work with both parties as governor to address them. She said locally elected county commissioners should have a say in how county resources are used, and that the buffer should protect officers without being used against residents or reporters peacefully observing from a reasonable distance.
The series ran daily ahead of the start of early voting and previously covered property taxes, special education funding, Medicaid and federal cuts, and the state budget. The Republican nominee is Senate President Ty Masterson. Kansas will elect a new governor on November 3, as Kelly is term-limited.
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图片来源：堪萨斯州议会大厦，托皮卡。Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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