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Indiana AG to investigate alleged “unsustainable” influx of Haitian immigrants into state’s small towns
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Indiana AG to investigate alleged “unsustainable” influx of Haitian immigrants into state’s small towns

FIRST ON FOX: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is investigating the coordinated efforts of local and international nonprofit organizations, as well as employers and a health department, to bring immigrants, including those without legal status, to Indiana communities.

“Illegal immigration caused by the ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris “The perversion and misapplication of federal law has turned every state into a border state and imposed unsustainable costs on Logansport and other cities across the country,” Rokita told Fox News Digital in a statement.

“It has also created serious risks of sex and labor trafficking in all communities. I am trying creatively to use all the tools of the law to stop the left’s intentional destruction of Indiana.”

Logansport has a population of 18,366 according to the 2020 Census.

Rokita’s office filed six Civil Investigation Demands (CIDs) on Friday, Fox News Digital first learned. Recipients include: Cass County Health Department, packaging company Berry Global, Evansville-based nonprofit God is Good Foundation, Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation, Logansport Community School Corporation and Tent Partnership for Refugees, a network of more than 400 major businesses connecting refugees to jobs.

HAITIAN MIGRANTS BURNING SMALL INDIANA TOWN: ‘IT’S JUST OVERCOMED’

school bus, left, immigrants pictured on the right

This division shows immigrants in Mexico and the city of Logansport, Indiana. (Fox News/Photo by Christian Torres Chávez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images))

Investigations will take place in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour, as officials believe the influx of noncitizens is an alleged “coordinated effort” between nonprofits and employers to attract migrant workers.

Rokita’s office said the rapid increase in immigrant populations has led to overcrowded housing, with multiple families and sometimes dozens of people living in homes intended for single families. The crisis has also raised concerns about possible labor trafficking.

The investigation demand for the Cass County Health Department comes as the health department has been inspecting apartments and residences, according to the CID.

Investigators are also seeking to learn whether any people residing in overcrowded residences were employed or contracted to provide services to the owner or manager, as well as the number of people observed in the residence and their citizenship status.

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a street in Logansport, Indiana

This image shows the city of Logansport, Indiana. (Fox News)

last month, Residents of the city of Logansport, Indiana, said the influx of immigrants from Haiti and other countries into their small town is overwhelming services. The mayor of Logansport estimates that the population has grown between 20% and 30% since 2021, and the majority are Haitians moving there. More than 3,000 Haitians have arrived.

Meanwhile, in figures reported for the first time by the New York Postthe number of Haitian students in schools increased from 14 to 207.

HAITIAN MIGRATION AFFECTS THE CITY IN A KEY STATE AND BATTLEFIELD WITH SIGNS OF SUPPORT FOR PRO-TRUMP ON THE INCREASE

Todd Rokita

Then-Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., listens during the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on “The State of America’s Schools and Workplaces: Expanding Opportunity in America’s Schools and Workplaces” on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

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Others have pointed out other effects of haitian migrationand a mother told the Post that her daughter was approached by Haitian immigrants while walking to a nearby coffee shop. Several residents also told Fox News that the new arrivals make them feel uncomfortable and unsafe, and one woman said that some of the male Haitian immigrants in the city “would stop in front of our porch and just stop and stare. They don’t say a word.” “. They just stare. “It’s disconcerting.”

Fox News DIgital’s Adam Shaw, Garrett Tenney and Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.