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Indiana AG Sues Chicago Suburb For Trying To Stop ICE Detention Center

Merrillville’s actions, the AG claims, violate Indiana’s anti-sanctuary laws.

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Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing an Indiana-located Chicago suburb for allegedly refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement. The AG’s office alleges that the Town Council of Merrillville unlawfully interfered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in the state.

The conflict between ICE and Merrillville, a town just south of Gary, began when ICE first sought to convert one of the town’s warehouses into a detention facility. This is part of the Trump administration’s effort to increase the number of detention facilities throughout the country.

Merrillville’s town council opposed the detention facility, and “pursued a concerted and coordinated course of action to pressure Merrillville property owners not to sell to ICE,” according to a July 30 press release from the AG’s office. One councilmember emailed Opus, a warehouse owner, asking for a “formal written commitment” to not allow a detention facility in the town, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

In another instance cited in the lawsuit, the CEO of warehouse company Tradelane sent an email saying his property could not be used as a detention facility because the town council opposed the project. He pointed to Merrillville’s........

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