Feds to use 1,000 empty Indiana prison beds to house immigration detainees
The Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill will make 1,000 existing, but unused, beds available to the federal government to increase its immigrant detention capacity.
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Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be deported, court records show
Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case.
Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers outside an immigration detention center.
Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is quietly revoking two-year permits of people who used an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico called CBP One, which brought in more than 900,000 people starting in January 2023.
Rokita, Morales file lawsuit, allege federal failure to help with voter ID verification
Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Diego Morales have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with the Indiana officials alleging the federal agency has failed to help verify the citizenship status of voters who registered in Indiana without providing state-issued forms of identification.
Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chang found that the Trump administration policy could violate their religious freedom.
Holcomb signs eclipse emergency response order
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday signed a disaster order letting Indiana call on a nationwide aid compact should the upcoming eclipse stress the state’s emergency response systems.
Senate leaders likely to seek quick dismissal of Mayorkas impeachment case
For the third time in five years, senators will be sworn in as jurors for an impeachment trial. But the chamber is expected to spend far less time on the charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas than the ones brought against former President Donald Trump.
GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas — by 1 vote — over border management
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border.
Settlement over family separations at border limits future separations for 8 years
The federal government would be barred from immigration policies that separate parents from children for eight years under a proposed court settlement announced Monday that also provides families with temporary legal status and short-term housing aid.
Biden administration says it is using executive power to allow border wall construction in Texas
The Biden administration announced it has waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers.
Magistrate grants motion to stay discovery in case brought by former ICE detainees
A federal magistrate judge has granted local defendants’ motion to stay discovery in a case involving noncitizen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Clay County Jail while a motion to dismiss is pending.
Indiana joins 18-state lawsuit challenging proposed ‘Circumvention of Lawful Pathways’ asylum rule
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is taking the lead in an 18-state lawsuit challenging a proposed rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that would generally consider those traveling through a third county before reaching Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border to be ineligible for asylum.
US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings.
EXPLAINER: What happens if COVID asylum restrictions end?
Here’s a look at Title 42 and the potential impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh
A man who was arrested near U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Maryland earlier this month pleaded not guilty Wednesday to trying to kill Kavanaugh.
7th Circuit tosses aggravated felony under ‘overbroad’ criminal statute
Finding Indiana’s 2006 statute regarding methamphetamine criminalized more conduct than the corresponding federal law, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found an Indiana man’s conviction after pleading guilty to a drug charge was not an aggravated felony for purposes of deportation.
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
Lawsuit alleges Clay Co. misappropriating funds from ICE, detention contract should be terminated due to poor conditions
Calling the agreement to hold U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the local jail a “cash cow,” a federal lawsuit alleges Clay County officials are unlawfully diverting funds required to care for ICE detainees to unrelated county expenses.