State of Indiana

11/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/08/2024 08:32

Amid health and safety concerns, Attorney General Todd Rokita investigates potential labor trafficking networks in local communities

Amid health and safety concerns, Attorney General Todd Rokita investigates potential labor trafficking networks in local communities

AG Rokita sends civil investigative demands (CIDs) to officials, employers and non-profits in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour

As residents and elected officeholders continue reporting concerns about the largescale influx of illegal aliens and "legal migrants" into their cities and towns, Attorney General Todd Rokita is launching investigations into this growing issue in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour. 

The entities receiving CIDs are the Cass County Health Department, Logansport Community School Corp., Berry Global Group Inc., Tent Partnership for Refugees, God is Good, and Jackson County Industrial Development Corp.

"Illegal immigration caused by "border czar" Kamala Harris' perversion and misapplication of federal law has made every state a border state and imposed unsustainable costs on Logansport and other cities across the nation," Attorney General Rokita said. "It has also created serious sex and labor trafficking risks in all communities. I'm creatively trying to use every tool in the law to stop the Left's intentional destruction of Indiana."

Attorney General Rokita is investigating coordinated efforts among international and local nonprofit "refugee resettlement" organizations and employers to bring large numbers of migrants to Indiana communities.

The rapid growth of alien populations in certain communities has caused overcrowding in housing facilities as multiple families and sometimes dozens of individuals reportedly share space in structures intended to be single-family dwellings. It also has raised concerns about potential labor trafficking.

Attorney General Rokita's office is conducting these investigations pursuant to its authority under Indiana's Deceptive Consumer Sales Act and indecent nuisance statute.

"The influx of these illegal aliens, which are coming from over 150 different countries, have strained our schools and the children of taxpayers are suffering as a result. It has caused unneeded stress on law enforcement, local hospitals and healthcare facilities, and our housing and labor markets," Attorney General Rokita said. It also raises serious questions about how these individuals' arrival in Indiana is being facilitated.

A headshot of Attorney General Rokita is available online. 

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