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Faith groups and advocates will share immigrants’ stories, pray about what’s going on there, and encourage people to take action, according to Carrie Bowie with the Michiana Alliance for Democracy.

The Indiana General Assembly amended the law this year to make it more favorable to Attorney General Todd Rokita's lawsuit against St. Joseph County Sheriff Bill Redman over cooperation with ICE.

“We passed a resolution. We don’t need somebody coming into town and telling us how to do economic development,” said town council member Shawn Pettit.

“Where’s the humanity? You know, I don’t want to become a nation of cruelty,” said Shannon Denney.

Berrien County Sheriff Chuck Heit will address the county’s ICE agreement at a St. Joseph town hall Wednesday. State Rep. Joey Andrews is also expected to attend.

Event organizer Richard Aguirre says the immigration forum is hosted by the Goshen City Democratic Party but it's not meant to be a rally against the Trump Administration or ICE.

Mennonite congregations are calling on Target to take a stronger stand against federal immigration enforcement actions. Congregations from the Michiana area gathered outside Target’s Goshen location Saturday, carrying signs, singing hymns and calling for the defunding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Monday praised the Indiana House Judiciary Committee for advancing a bill that would place new requirements on local police to help with federal immigration enforcement.

Brett McNeil talks about ICE agents with guns in Midwestern streets and homes.

“We gather in grief. We gather in community. We gather in hope,” said Carrie Bowie with the Michiana Alliance for Democracy.