Indiana AG will investigate the reported ‘unsustainable’ influx of Haitian migrants into the state’s small towns

FIRST ON FOX: Attorney General of Indiana Todd Rokita examines coordinated efforts by international and local nonprofits, as well as employers and a health department, to bring migrants—including those without legal status—to Indiana communities.

‘Illegal immigration caused by ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris’ 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 sex and labor trafficking risks in all communities. I am seeking to creatively use every tool of the law to stop the left’s deliberate destruction of Indiana.”

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

Rokita’s office filed six civil investigative demands (CID) on Friday, Fox News Digital first learned. The recipients include: the Cass County Health Department, the packaging company Berry Global, the Evansville-based nonprofit God is Good, the Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation, the Logansport Community School Corporation and the Tent Partnership for Refugees, a network of more than 400 large organizations. companies that link refugees to jobs.

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The surveys will take place in Evansville, Logansport and Seymour, as officials believe the influx of noncitizens is a so-called “coordinated effort” between nonprofits and employers to attract people. migrant workers.

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

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

Investigators also want to know whether individuals living in overcrowded housing were employed or contracted to provide services to the owner or manager, as well as the number of individuals observed in the home and their citizenship status.

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Last month, Residents of the city of Logansport, Indiana, said the influx of migrants from Haiti and other countries to their town is overwhelming services. Logansport’s mayor estimates the population has grown 20% to 30% since 2021, with the majority coming from Haitians. More than 3,000 Haitians have arrived.

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

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Others have pointed out other effects of Haitian migrationwith one mother telling the Post that her daughter was accosted by Haitian migrants as she walked to a nearby coffee shop. Multiple residents also told Fox News that the newcomers make them feel uncomfortable and unsafe, with one woman saying that some male Haitian migrants in the city would “stop on our porch and just stand there and stare.” They don’t say a word. They just stare. It’s nerve-wracking.”

Adam Shaw, Garrett Tenney and Patrick McGovern of Fox News DIGital contributed to this report.