Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against the St. Joseph County Police Department and its sheriff, alleging they persistently refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Rokita claims the department's failure to comply with nine detainer requests between March and September 2024 thwarted ICE's efforts to apprehend undocumented immigrants. The police department denies the allegations, stating they regularly communicate with ICE and inform them when individuals are due for release.
The police department, writing in a Facebook post, said it wasn't aware of the lawsuit prior to Friday's press conference, and as of the afternoon, it hadn't received a copy.Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against a northern Indiana county police department and its sheriff over an alleged “persistent practice of refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The police department, writing in a Facebook post, said it wasn't aware of the lawsuit prior to Friday's press conference, and as of the afternoon, it hadn't received a copy.
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