Immigration-related executive orders issued by both President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun have prompted at least one Indiana organization to adjust their day-to-day operations, as the state’s refugee resettlement groups wait to see the impacts of those directives.
Immigration advocates worry that due process and the backlogged immigration courts will suffer as President Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
A federal judge extended a court agreement on Thursday ensuring safe and sanitary conditions for migrant children in federal custody a day after U.S. Customs and Border Protection was set to begin self-monitoring.
In his first State of the State address, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday doubled down on several of his campaign promises, focusing heavily on economic issues.
As President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up widespread deportation efforts, Gov. Mike Braun ordered Indiana law enforcement agencies to follow any immigration directives issued by the federal government.
The Indiana General Assembly also is considering several measures that would support the new president’s efforts to shut down illegal immigration.
Administration officials said the decision was necessary to ensure that all funding complies with Trump’s executive orders, which are intended to undo progressive steps on transgender rights, environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts.
A new Indianapolis immigration court officially opened on Monday, the first of its kind to operate in Indiana.
Indianapolis-based Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc. has begun asking for private donations and support, following a flurry of immigration-related changes President Donald Trump made last week through a series of executive orders.
Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement in the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the country.
The police department said it regularly communicates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and fully complies with all state and federal laws.
A long-awaited federal immigration court is poised to open next week in Indianapolis, making it the first court of its kind to operate in the state.
The measure would require local law enforcement to give federal authorities notice when they arrest people who are reasonably believed to be in the country illegally.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the attorney said he’d like a chance to explain it in a full briefing, Coughenour told him the hearing was his chance.
An internal memo also says the department will return to the principle of charging defendants with the most serious crime it can prove, removing a prosecutor’s discretion to charge a lower-level offense.
Advocates and immigration experts who have noticed such departures say they show how uncertainty and threats have led a growing number of people to leave the U.S. before Trump takes office on Monday.
Far-right activists clashed online with billionaire Elon Musk and other supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over the need for a skilled-worker immigration program that has long been a lifeblood for Silicon Valley—signifying a potential rift between Trump’s core nationalist base and technology executives who have come to support him.
Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official said Friday.
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, there is intense interest in how the Republican will carry out his immigration agenda, including a campaign pledge of mass deportations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges that President-elect Donald Trump will face to carry out his pledge of mass deportations.