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Senate approves bill authorizing sheriffs to notify ICE when arrested individuals are suspected of being undocumented
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 13‑93 on March 24, 2025, 37‑10, directing county sheriffs or detention facilities to notify federal immigration authorities when an arrested person is believed, on probable cause, not to be lawfully in the United States. The bill drew lengthy debate over profiling, training, and local enforcement roles.
The Indiana Senate on March 24, 2025 passed House Bill 13‑93, a measure that requires county sheriffs or detention facilities to notify federal immigration authorities if an arrested individual is believed, on probable cause, to be present in the United States unlawfully. The final recorded vote was 37 in favor, 10 opposed.
Sponsor Senator Freeman said the bill narrows the circumstances in which federal immigration authorities would be notified. "When someone has been arrested for a misdemeanor or felony, and we don't know who that person is, they can't produce a license, they can't produce an ID, they can't produce a single piece of paper, they can't produce any…
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