Sanctuary city loses as judge rejects East Chicago s welcoming policy for illegal immigrants Follow Us
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By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Friday, April 30, 2021
An Indiana judge this week ruled against East Chicago, finding the city’s sanctuary policy limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities violates a state anti-sanctuary law.
The city’s policy, officially known as a “welcoming city” ordinance, had been on the books since 2017. It was part of a surge of sanctuaries as President Trump took office vowing stiffer enforcement of federal immigration laws.
But Judge Thomas P. Hallett, sitting in the Lake County Superior Court, enjoined the city’s ordinance in an order Thursday.
Lake County Superior Court reports updates to operations
Lake County News reports
22 April 2021
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With Lake County’s pandemic data metrics continuing to improve, the Lake County Superior Court said this week that it is planning to roll out some operational changes.
Court Executive Officer Krista LeVier said there will be no major changes immediately, but that the court is starting to take steps to allow more court business to be conducted in-person.
Some of the changes planned include moving some trials back to the courthouse from the Lake County Fairgrounds and vacating civil jury trials in May.
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Apr 15, 2021 / 10:43 AM EST
CROWN POINT, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) The state has received a $1.3 million default judgment against a debt collection agency in Munster that was accused of engaging in “abusive and deceptive business practices.” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office alleges that New Britain Financial LLC violated the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act on numerous occasions.
Former Attorney General Curtis Hill filed a civil complaint last September, accusing New Britain and its owner, Nelson Macwan of Illinois, of threatening consumers with lawsuits, arrest, garnishments and liens without having judgments against the consumers. The company was also accused of acting as a debt collection agency from Indiana without a license.
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âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.