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That moratorium is designed specifically to stop Trump from putting a prison camp in Kansas City.
They say they're ready to defend that in court.
And meanwhile, the local real estate company in Kansas City that has reportedly been working with ICE to try to site this prison camp in Kansas City.
Well, the local port district in Kansas City is considering cutting off all business with that company in response to their work with ICE.
I should also say that local company is just getting dragged through it in the local press.
Headline the Kansas City Star, quote, "...the brothers behind Platform Ventures could choose not to sell out Kansas City to ICE."
From that op-ed, quote, "...drop the deal, eat the embarrassment, find another buyer, make a clean break, and say plainly that you don't want your legacy tied to masked men hauling people out of their homes and into warehouses on the edge of town.
The alternative is a lifetime of being whispered about behind your backs everywhere from church fundraisers to the crown seats at the Royals game."
People remember.
You aren't breaking the law.
But you also could choose not to be the villain in this story.
You could decide not to treat this moment as just another business transaction.
People would remember that, too.
That's Kansas City.
Again, the mayor will be here in just a moment on tonight's show.
Surprise, Arizona!
ICE has already bought a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona to develop, apparently, into a huge prison camp there.
But more than a thousand people turned out in Surprise, Arizona this weekend to say, don't do it, we don't want it here.
In Tucson, Arizona, the local press says 6,000 people packed the downtown protesting against ICE this weekend.
But hey, Tucson, just a half hour outside Tucson in Marana, Arizona, M-A-R-A-N-A, just northwest of Tucson.