HAMILTON COUNTY As immigration enforcement intensifies in Indiana, residents and law enforcement officials are grappling with the implications of a government program.

Hamilton County was the first in the state to implement the 287(g) program in January. The program allows local law enforcement to cooperate directly with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Since its inception, the sheriffs department has turned over 74 individuals to ICE, nearly matching the total of 77 for all of 2024.

Critics, including resident Evelyn Davis, say the initiative is instilling fear in immigrant communities.

They are afraid to go out because they are afraid of ICE picking them up off the street, Davis said.

Davis, who recently protested immigration policies in the state, expressed concern about t

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