In what he called an effort to end any kind of sanctuary for illegal immigrants across the state, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit Friday, Jan. 24 against St. Joseph County Sheriff Bill Redman and his police department.
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Democrats and Republicans are responding to the speech, which Braun used to lay out his agenda for his time as Indiana's governor.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Friday that his office has filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph County Sheriff William Redman and his department, alleging their persistent refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
The lawsuit was announced in St. Joseph County, where officials have not held some undocumented prisoners despite requests by ICE.
Rokita says lawsuit is part of statewide effort to force local law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials
The Attorney General also claimed that his office had made multiple attempts to contact Sheriff Redman and his department regarding the issue, but these attempts were largely ignored.
Braun outlined several of his priorities for the state, including fighting inflation and lowering property taxes.
The 107-page lawsuit claims Mylan and Pfizer conspired to increase EpiPen's price by more than 600% and prevented similar products from coming to market. Pfizer denied the allegations. Mylan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
AG Todd Rokita files suit against the South Bend Sheriff and county police department for "refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities."
Mike Braun has plans for the state’s education system. He wants to make the Hoosier state’s voucher system — already one of the most expansive and expensive in the country — even bigger. “Expand school choice programs,