Indiana AG sues Merrillville for opposing potential ICE facility
<p>Indiana’s attorney general is suing a northwest Indiana community for opposing a potential immigration detention center.</p><p>Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, filed the state lawsuit last week against the Town of Merrillville.</p><p>Rokita is citing a newly-enacted state law, called the Fairness Act, that prevents local sanctuary policies, mandates cooperation with federal immigration detainers and penalizes employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.</p><p>“We requested that Merrillville comply with state law and they refused, choosing instead to play games, effectively aid and abet criminal illegal aliens, and making the illegals’ evasion of justice a higher priority than the safety of taxpayers throughout the region,” Rokita said in a news release. “That’s illegal under Indiana law.”</p><p>In January, the Town Council of Merrillville adopted a resolution opposing the conversion of large industrial warehouses into U.S.
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<p>Indiana’s attorney general is suing a northwest Indiana community for opposing a potential immigration detention center.</p><p>Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, filed the state lawsuit last week against the Town of Merrillville.</p><p>Rokita is citing a newly-enacted state law, called the Fairness Act, that prevents local sanctuary policies, mandates cooperation with federal immigration detainers and penalizes employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.</p><p>“We requested that Merrillville comply with state law and they refused, choosing instead to play games, effectively aid and abet criminal illegal aliens, and making the illegals’ evasion of justice a higher priority than the safety of taxpayers throughout the region,” Rokita said in a news release. “That’s illegal under Indiana law.”</p><p>In January, the Town Council of Merrillville adopted a resolution opposing the conversion of large industrial warehouses into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing or detention centers. The town had been cited in a published report as being a potential site.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-eb0000" name="image-eb0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a11c2df/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ddee11/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6149a3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="MERRILLVILLEICE_260730-9.jpg" srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6149a3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/183d455/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6149a3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F6d%2Ffb058f044c43a6e130a937135052%2Fmerrillvilleice-260730-9.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>The Silos at Sanders Farm a warehouse complex owned Crow Holdings located on Mississippi Street between 93rd and 101st Avenues, might be the site of a future Immigrations Customs Enforcement facility, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Merrillville, Ind.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>Earlier this month, Rokita warned the council was running afoul of the state law and demanded that it rescind its ordinance.
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- <p>Indiana’s attorney general is suing a northwest Indiana community for opposing a potential immigration detention center.</p><p>Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, filed the state lawsuit last week against the Town of Merrillville.</p><p>Rokita is citing a newly-enacted state law, called the Fairness Act, that prevents local sanctuary policies, mandates cooperation with federal immigration detainers and penalizes employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.</p><p>“We requested that Merrillville comply with state law and they refused, choosing instead to play games, effectively aid and abet criminal illegal aliens, and making the illegals’ evasion of justice a higher priority than the safety of taxpayers throughout the region,” Rokita said in a news release. “That’s illegal under Indiana law.”</p><p>In January, the Town Council of Merrillville adopted a resolution opposing the conversion of large industrial warehouses into U.S.
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