Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Thursday filed suit against Indianapolis Public Schools – with help from a conservative think tank – accusing the state’s largest public school district of “thwarting” federal immigration enforcement.

State law blocks local government entities, including school districts, from limiting cooperation or interfering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies.

“No public institution in Indiana has the right to pick and choose which laws to follow,” Rokita said in a news release. “When a school district refuses to cooperate with ICE, it doesn’t just break the law – it endangers students, protects criminal aliens and sends a dangerous message to every government body in this state: that compliance is optional. Not on my watch.”

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