Immigration and Customs Enforcement

"When we look at what students learn about immigration, what I heard from my students from Indiana, they said they learned about Ellis Island, and that’s the last thing they learned about immigrants," said Assistant Professor Chenyu Li. "But for many Asian immigrants, they did not enter the U.S. through Ellis Island."

“As disciples of Jesus, we cannot be indifferent to the poor, to migrants and refugees, or to anyone living in misery,” Bishop Kevin Rhoades said during an Ash Wednesday lecture at Holy Cross College.

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.

In a message to families Wednesday, the school district said it’s “aware of online discussions” about potential walkouts over federal immigration issues. If a walkout were to occur at Elkhart Community Schools, classes would continue as scheduled, and attendance would be recorded.

Notre Dame Law School’s Immigration Clinic is seeing rising demand as immigrants face fear and uncertainty, while students work to provide free legal help.

The Golden Dome on the University of Notre Dame campus. The university's Law School Immigration Clinic is accepting new clients.

University of Notre Dame migration professor Amy Hsin says growing challenges to a 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling protecting access to public education for children of immigrants serves the children and the workforce.

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

“We want to honor and humanize the lives that were taken by ICE – have been taken by ICE – and to highlight the fact that we want this to stop,” said Carrie Bowie with the Michiana Alliance for Democracy, which is organizing the event.

Federal immigration officials say more than 200 immigrants without legal status have been arrested on Indiana roadways. They discussed the Chicago area’s Operation Midway Blitz during a press conference in Gary on Thursday.