Organizations react to Kansas City mayor’s comments on migrants [Video]

The issue of immigration in Kansas City is getting political. Mayor Quinton Lucas made statements to Bloomberg and KMBC earlier in the week, welcoming those who have been given work authorization, adding the city has houses and jobs for them. The Missouri Attorney General responded.The Kansas City metro area has four settlement agencies. Two of them spoke with KMBC on Friday.After lunchtime, the executive director of Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) sorted through donated clothing on racks in a room-turned-closet. Down the hall, hand-drawn pictures of houses decorated walls.Hilary Cohen Singer welcomes hundreds of new families through the JVS doors every year, and on Friday, she welcomed Mayor Lucas’s statement on bringing more people seeking asylum to the City of Fountains.“We recognize the benefits of bringing in newcomers to enrich our city,” said Cohen Singer. “Right at the heart of it, it is people and families who are already coming into …