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Indiana AG Threatens to Sue Merrillville Over ‘Sabotage’ of New ICE Detention Facility

June 29, 2026 Merrillville, Indiana Indiana Capital Chronicle Detention Expansion
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita threatened to sue the town of Merrillville over what he called its “efforts to sabotage” a new federal immigration detention facility planned for the area. The threat escalates a fight between state officials backing the project and local resistance to ICE’s rapid detention buildout in the Midwest.