In the News
Newsworthy Information on Refugees Locally and in the State of Indiana
Recent local and state news about refugees
- ACLU and Exodus Refugee Immigration claim records request from the State violates First Amendment rights (09/24/2025)
- Immigrant detainees denied bond hearings under new ruling (09/24/2025)
- Immigrants say they're worried ICE is waiting at the hospital. Experts say that fear could have lasting health impacts (09/23/2025)
- Allen County first Indiana county to receive 'Certified Welcoming' designation (09/22/2025)
- State Budget Committee approves $15.79 million request for new federal immigration detention agreement (09/19/2025)
- Comprehensive Immigration Bill to Make a Comeback (08/18/2025)
- Adult learners may now have to prove legal status to take English classes (08/18/2025)
- What Trump's order to exclude certain immigrants from more federally funded programs means (08/14/2025)
- Advocates Raise Concerns About New ICE Detention Center in Indiana (08/14/2025)
- Immigration attorneys worry how ICE detainees will be treated at two slated Indiana sites (08/14/2025)
- Shrinking staff, rising violence: Problems have plagued proposed 'Speedway Slammer' for years (08/12/2025)
- ‘She is fearful to go back’; Tell City woman detained by ICE at immigration appointment, co-workers trying to bring her home (08/12/2025)m
- Letter by Erin Hollinden of Bloomington, Indiana (08/08/2025)
- Indiana GOP congressman faces backlash for supporting immigration bill amid Trump deportation efforts (07/21/2025)
- Demonstrators protest ICE funding outside offices of Indiana Republicans (07/21/2025)
- Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey (07/18/2025)
- Sensible policies to support immigrant neighbors are vital (07/16/2025)
- IndyBar gives $35,000 to Exodus Refugee for immigration assistance (07/14/2025)
- Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown (07/14/2025)
- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun sits down with 44News to discuss immigration, tariffs, and education (07/07/2025)
- Why American farmers rely on unauthorized workers (07/08/2025)
- Immigrants helped build Indianapolis, leaving their unique marks on the fabric of the city (07/03/2025)
- Some Rokita targets continue fighting civil subpoenas on immigration (07/02/2025)
- The price of denial: State lawmakers’ efforts to undermine Plyler v. Doe and the fiscal fallacy of exclusion (06/18/2025)
- How refugees have helped save these midwestern cities: ‘That’s really something we celebrate’ (06/27/2025)
- Amazon Worker Fears Deportation After Humanitarian Parole Revoked (06/23/2025)
- How ICE uses the Marion County Jail and Indiana sheriffs as part of Trump administration’s mass deportation effort (06/18/2025)
- Two-year-old stranded when parents deported-13 Investigates (06/17/2025)
- Rokita opinion: Indiana police can arrest unlicensed drivers, including undocumented immigrants (06/13/2025)
- Indianapolis rally opposes federal travel ban and immigration policies (06/10/2025)
- Southern Indiana group calls for due process rights in US immigration system (06/05/2025)
- Feds could eye Indiana’s Camp Atterbury as potential site for ICE detainees amid capacity strain (05/30/2025)
- DHS Claims Tourism to Afghanistan Reason to End Temporary Protection (05/14/2025)
- Some attorneys express frustration with new immigration court in Indianapolis (05/07/2025)
- Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system (04/18/2025)
- Indiana lawmakers send bill cracking down on illegal immigration to Braun. Here's what it does (04/17/2025)
- DHS Revokes Legal Status, Sends Parole Termination Notices to CBP One App Users in United States (04/16/2025)
- ACLU of Indiana sues U.S. DHS on behalf of international students in Indiana (04/15/2025)
- How John Mellencamp's Indiana small town became a flashpoint in the immigration debate (04/11/2025)
- Immigration attorney, advocates concerned with Marion County Jail housing ICE detainees (04/10/2025)
- Indianapolis has become an international city (04/09/2025)
- Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave 'immediately,' DHS says (04/08/2025)
- 'Everyone is in fear': DHS to revoke legal protections for migrants living in Indiana (04/01/2025)
- Senate passes bill calling for Indiana sheriffs to work with ICE (03/24/2025)
- Indiana Senate passes immigration notice bill (03/24/2025)
- Immigration fuels Indiana’s strong population growth in 2024 — its largest annual increase since 2008 (03/13/2024)
- ‘This is not our dream’ Afghan refugees seek support from local Bloomington organization (03/09/2025)
- Experts discuss Bloomington refugee programs (02/19/2025)
- New Immigrant commission in Hamilton County (01/29/2025)
- Gov. Braun promised Indiana law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration efforts (01/28/2025)
- Immigration notice bill considered at Indiana Statehouse (01/23/2024)
- Trump’s suspension of refugee program leaves advocates in turmoil but unsurprised (01/22/2024)
- Mayor Thomson affirms commitment to welcoming immigrants (01/21/2025)
- Bloomington Prepares for Trump's era of mass deportation (01/20/2025)
- Supporting Immigrants on Inauguration Day (01/20/2025)
- Illegal immigration frenzy: Local lawmakers propose more than half of proposed laws on immigrants in Indiana (01/19/2025)
- Migrants in Indiana: an opportunity for some, a strain for others (11/18/2024)
- The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown (11/24/2024)
- Dog bandana business creating a pathway for refugees to work (10/14/2024)
- 'Indianapolis feels like home' | How 2 Venezuelan refugees made the Hoosier State their home (09/24/2024)
- Refugees Experience Hoosier National Forest (09/23/2024)
- Deep Dive: Refuge in Indiana (Part 2) (08/14/2024)
- Deep Dive: Refuge in Indiana (Part 1) (08/07/2024)
- Immigrants in Indiana: A demographic snapshot of the state's foreign-born population (08/2024)
- IU’s relationship with refugee resettlement organization helps with fresh starts, self-sufficiency (07/25/2024)
- What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. (07/22/2024)
- “We’d love to see more refugees resettled here.” U.S. Department of State visits Indiana to promote Welcome Corps (06/26/2024)