The Indiana state Senate approved legislation to require the notification of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents if law enforcement officers arrest someone they believe to be in the U.S. illegally.
The upper chamber approved the bill 37-10.
The legislation was originally introduced and approved in the Indiana House. It sets up a two-step referral process whereby if police arrest anyone for a misdemeanor or felony, and there is reason to believe that person is in the U.S. illegally, a report needs to go from the jail or detention facility to the local county sheriff. Then the sheriff must report the status of that person to the proper authority or ICE.
It's not known if Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun intends to sign the legislation into law.