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LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. — La Porte County officials shared Monday the number of I.C.E. holds and detainers placed on inmates at the county jail with ABC57 News.

Since November of 2024, 76 La Porte county inmates have either been released to I.C.E. or transported to other counties for charges in those areas.

69 inmates have been directly released to I.C.E. in the past year. That’s compared to a total of seven inmates released to the agency between 2020 and 2024.

County Administrative Captain, Derek Allen, shared that the dramatic increase isn’t surprising, considering the Trump administration’s current focus on immigration control.

Allen also clarified that the La Porte County

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