As the Trump administration is expected to start mass deportations in Chicago, two Northwest Indiana police agencies have not been called to help. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders that targeted immigration including an effort to end birthright citizenship, according to the Associated Press, which was promptly challenged in federal court and blocked temporarily by a judge.. The airport itself does not have any flight servicing contracts with ICE.
The East Chicago Police Department did not respond to a request for comment. The Hammond Police Department ensures personal and professional commitment to the law and equal public service, Cpt. Steve Kellogg said in an email to the Post-Tribune. The department is focused on state crimes, and he said deportations are part of federal authority. On Jan. The airport has been the site of ICE flights to Texas since , as undocumented immigrants are transported from a Chicago-area detention center after a judge has ordered their deportation.
Matthew Kaplan and Nicholas Andrew were charged with criminal trespassing, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct. Andrew was also charged with obstructing traffic, according to online court records.
About 10 minutes later, the group began to march back to the train station when at least 10 Gary Police squad cars showed up, and officers yelled for them to get off the road. An officer arrested Kaplan as he was taking photos of the situation, and a friend grabbed his camera equipment as he was cuffed. Gary Mayor Eddie Melton did not return multiple requests for comment.
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