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Indiana State Police seeks nearly $30M federal grant tied to immigration enforcement

Indiana State Police applied in July for up to $30,269,985 from the DOJ’s FY2026 BIDEN program to buy vehicles, covert cameras, cell-site simulators and investigative software that would support immigration-related work and other investigations. The application lists no state match, no new employees and says the funding would sustain ISP’s participation in ICE’s 287(g) program.

'He was here legally': Family friend of Bloomington man detained by ICE raising money for immigration case

Lawrence police aid ICE after barricade at local business, underscoring public-safety impacts for Indiana firms

Lawrence Police assisted federal immigration officers after a man with extraditable felony warrants barricaded himself inside a Lawrence business, Deputy Chief Travis Cline said. Officers used a police canine to take the man into custody after ICE requested help because of potential danger to people inside.

Woman seeks answers after ICE detains brother at Indianapolis job site

Federal immigration agents detained an Indianapolis construction worker at an east-side job site Tuesday, his family says, and ICE declined to confirm whether a wider enforcement action took place. The family reports they cannot locate him because he lacks a federal tracking number.

Braun demands investigation into NIPSCO after prolonged northwest Indiana outages

Gov. Mike Braun asked the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor to petition the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission for an investigation into Northern Indiana Public Service Co., focusing on vegetation management, right-of-way maintenance and whether regulator-approved funds were spent as intended. The move follows a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging inadequate tree trimming helped cause repeated outages.