Grassroots Victory! Judge Blocks Gary Indiana's Sanctuary Status
Thu, Nov 19th 2020 @ 8:21 pm EST
A Lake County judge in Indiana has recently struck down the city of Gary’s “welcoming city†ordinance, a cleverly named sanctuary statute that severely limited local compliance with federal immigration agencies and officers, and provided illegal protections to alien residents and visitors.
The ruling came several years after a lawsuit was filed in 2017 by Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr., who challenged the ordinance based on the grounds that it violated a 2011 state law banning sanctuary cities and requiring local officials to work with federal officers on investigations into alien residents.
Bopp represented Gary Ind. residents Jeff Nicholson, Douglas Grimes, Greg Serbon, and Cheree Calabro, naming the city of Gary, its city council, and its mayor as defendants. Lake Superior Court Judge Stephen E. Scheele later dismissed the city council and mayor from the lawsuit, leaving the city of Gary as the sole defendant.
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