Shawn D. Purvis, who has a history of safety violations, could have to pay $278,000 in new fines for failing to follow federal regulations at a Springvale job site.
Court Strikes Down Indiana Sanctuary City Seeking to Protect Illegal Aliens
3 May 2021
A court struck down the sanctuary policies of East Chicago, Indiana, ruling that they violated a statewide ban on sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation.
Late last week, Judge Thomas Hallett of Indiana’s Lake County Superior Court ruled that the sanctuary policies adopted in East Chicago in response to President Trump’s pro-enforcement agenda violated the state’s 2011 law that bans sanctuary jurisdictions.
“We are pleased that, after extended litigation, the court has recognized the obvious fact that such ordinances are illegal in Indiana,” attorney James Bopp, Jr., who represented residents Greg Serbon and John Allen, said in a statement. “There must be no more such ordinances in Indiana, and those in existence are clearly in violation of Indiana law.”
Indiana Judge Strikes Down East Chicago Welcoming City Ordinance
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A 2017 East Chicago ordinance directed city officials and law enforcement not to share information with federal immigration authorities – like a person’s immigration status, work location or contact information.
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An East Chicago ordinance that would have limited the city’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement was struck down recently by an Indiana judge.
Lake County Judge Thomas Hallett ruled the so-called welcoming city ordinance violates Indiana law.
The 2017 city ordinance was one of several around the country that, among other things, directed city officials and law enforcement not to share information with federal immigration authorities – like a person’s immigration status, work location or contact information.
Federal lawsuit claims abuse, denial of treatment at Maine youth detention center
The lawsuit is the latest alleging mistreatment at what is now the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
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A Maine man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and more than a dozen individuals alleging abuse and “deliberate denial” of treatment while he was confined in the state’s youth detention center.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court this week, the plaintiff claims he was subjected to excessive isolation, restraint and force as well as sexual assault over a span of six years while intermittently held at the Maine Youth Center in South Portland. He also alleges he was deliberately denied “adequate rehabilitative treatment” for his severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and denied “his right to an appropriate education.”