Trump administration tells immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela they have to leave
The termination notices are being sent by email to people who entered the country under the humanitarian parole program for the four countries, officials said.
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At least four other local law enforcement agencies have previously signed up to participate. Indiana Department of Correction officers also now have the authority to identify and deport immigrants incarcerated at IDOC facilities and to perform other immigration enforcement duties, according to Braun's office. Miami Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison located at the former Grissom Air Force Base about 70 miles north of Indianapolis, can house up to about 3,100 men. Annie Goeller, chief communications officer for IDOC, said part of the facility has not been filled because of staffing shortage. In January, Braun signed an executive order directing state law enforcement agencies "fully cooperate" with the federal crack down on illegal immigration, including investigating, arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants. "That commitment has not wavered and Gov. Braun is ready to deploy any and all resources to assist President Trump and ICE," said Molly Craft, Braun's deputy chief of staff. A continuing surge in arrests, coupled with a new federal policy that disqualifies immigrants from bond hearings, has created an increased demand for more bed spaces and detention facilities. In the past, immigration judges have allowed immigrants who are not considered a threat or a flight risk and have community ties to be released while they fight deportation. But the Trump administration has circumvented the years-long practice. Advocates say this means more and more immigrants — regardless of criminal history — will be detained for longer periods of time while their cases are pending. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has relied on a large network of jails, state and federal facilities to hold immigrant detainees facing deportation. In Indiana, four county jails, including Marion County, have contracts with the U.S. Marshals Service to house ICE detainees. The federal government pays the local jails a per diem rate for each detainee, as well as transportation and meal costs. Jail data shows population at local jails has skyrocketed during the Trump administration. Clay County in Brazil, just outside of Terre Haute, is home to one of the largest ICE detention centers in the Midwest. In 2024, Clay County Jail, which has been housing ICE detainees since 2013, held about 1,000 people facing immigration enforcement, according to jail data. In the first five months of this year, more than twice as many immigrants have already been detained at the jail. Marion County has more modest, albeit also rising numbers. In 2024, the Marion County Adult Detention Center held more than 500 ICE detainees, according to jail data. In the first five months of this year, that number has already reached 700. Two other ICE detention centers in the state are in Clark and Clinton counties. Camp Atterbury to house up to 1,000 ICE detainees The Trump administration is already planning to use Camp Atterbury, a military training facility south of Indianapolis, to house ICE detainees, the Indiana Capital Chronicle reported last month. A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Rep André Carson told IndyStar that few of the congressman's questions about the plan have been answered. However, his office said the Department of Homeland Security indicated in writing that Camp Atterbury, once used to house World War II prisoners of war and more recently newly arrived Afghan refugees, is being prepared to hold up to 1,000 ICE detainees. It's still unclear when the base will be repurposed as an immigration detention camp. Neither ICE nor the Indiana National Guard responded to an IndyStar inquiry about the matter. Camp Atterbury is in Edinburgh, a town of roughly 4,400 people along Interstate 65. The federally owned military training base, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, sits on more than 34,000 areas west of the interstate and U.S. Route 31. Area churches and immigration advocates have already started preparing for what could come. About a week after the news broke, Columbus Community United, a grassroots coalition, held a July 29 community meeting to discuss the plan for Camp Atterbury and offer support to the local immigrant community. The Rev. Felipe Martinez, of First Presbyterian Church in Columbus, said speakers advised immigrant neighbors of their rights and offered guidance about how mixed-status families could create an emergency plan if a loved one is detained by ICE. Martinez said the group also has begun strategizing about how to support people who might end up at Camp Atterbury. He and several other religious leaders intend to contact the base's leadership to let them know of their desire to support the emotional and spiritual needs of detainees. He's hoping to leverage past relationships cultivated with the base when his church and others helped Afghan refugees housed at the base after they arrived in the country. In 2021, government officials and aid organizations transformed the military training site into a temporary home for some of the men, women and children who fled Afghanistan as the Taliban swept across the country in August. "We have experienced Camp Atterbury as a place of hospitality," Martinez told IndyStar. "It is jarring to experience this phase." IndyStar reporter Noe Padilla contributed. Contact IndyStar reporter Kristine Phillips at (317) 444-3026 or at kphillips@ This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Gov. Mike Braun plans to use 'all resources' in deportation efforts
