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| Joy Pullmann / The Federalist |
Attorney General Todd Rokita issued subpoenas for information about potential labor trafficking from Amazon, the city of Fort Wayne, and a nonprofit supported by numerous businesses.
Indiana’s attorney general took two major enforcement actions this week targeting potential migrant trafficking. This week, Todd Rokita’s office sent subpoenas to several Indiana entities, including Fort Wayne, the state’s second-largest city; Amazon; and Catholic Charities.
“I believe these entities have vital information to root out labor trafficking right here,” Rokita said in a press conference at the Allen County courthouse Nov. 13. His office declined to disclose the subpoena contents beyond mentioning business, financial, and client records and relationships, saying confidentiality is legally required because subpoenas do not accuse recipients of wrongdoing but solely seek information.
On Nov. 6, Rokita’s office sued the state’s second-largest school district, Indianapolis, over its alleged refusal to comply with a state anti-sanctuary law: “In our estimation, they are clearly operating a sanctuary jurisdiction,” Rokita said in response to a Federalist question. So-called “sanctuary” policies that nullify federal immigration laws are illegal under a 2024 Indiana law that gave the attorney general’s office power to sue entities for noncompliance.
“[S]chool policies that limit cooperation and communication with federal immigration authorities create incentives for criminal illegal aliens to exploit school locations as havens in which to evade detection by federal authorities,” the AG’s lawsuit says.
Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Blake Lanning noted in a phone call that sanctuary policies put out a welcome mat for criminal aliens, and the vast majority of the 12-20 million aliens illegally admitted under the Biden administration remain inside the United States. Immigration Czar Tom Homan has asked Indiana and all states to help send these lawbreakers home, saying addressing the Biden administration border crisis will be impossible without state cooperation. A majority of American voters, and the vast majority of Republicans, support deporting every illegal U.S. entrant.
“Because labor trafficking involves coercion, it is very difficult to detect,” Rokita noted. “Often the victims won’t come forward. As a result, we have to look to other sources of information. Employers and nonprofits that encourage or incentivize the mass movement of alien workers to fill jobs should not be surprised that their movement of workers is going to come under scrutiny by me. I want all illegal aliens out of this country and I want the problems associated with the legal immigration like labor trafficking to end.”
Amazon did not immediately respond to a Federalist request for comment Friday. Fort Wayne officials told local news it is county government, not the city, that has allegedly signed on to sanctuary policies: “We are not a sanctuary city and have never been one.” A spokeswoman for county officials told The Federalist Thursday they will issue a response Friday after reviewing the press conference.
The majority of illegal aliens receive taxpayer-provided benefits such as schooling, food stamps, and health care. The Federalist estimated in June that nearly one-quarter of government-school students wouldn’t be inside the United States without illegal immigration, and that removing such students would free up $1 billion in Indiana tax revenue per year. Removing all illegal aliens and anchor babies from the United States would save nearly $150 billion per year in taxpayer school spending alone. --->READ MORE HERE
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita held a press conference Thursday afternoon at the Allen County Courthouse to discuss new immigration and labor trafficking investigations by his office in Fort Wayne.
Rokita first addressed the work his office is doing to investigate labor trafficking in the state. He claims that instances of labor trafficking, where undocumented immigrants are brought to communities to fill jobs, have become “far too common”.
Rokita says he has issued subpoenas to employers and nonprofits around the state that have experienced increased levels of migration.
In Fort Wayne, the attorney general’s office has sent investigative demands to Amani Family Services, Catholic Charities, and Amazon because of their work with undocumented immigrants, Rokita says.
He says they have received an initial response from Amani Family Services, which has expressed a willingness to cooperate.
Rokita said his office is also ensuring cities follow Indiana’s 2011 anti-sanctuary law, which states local governments must cooperate with federal immigration officials.
He noted that Fort Wayne was recently designated a certified Welcoming City by national nonprofit Welcoming America. According to its website, Allen County and Amani Family Services have the designation, but the city itself is not listed. --->READ MORE HERE
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