HUNDREDS PROTEST FEDERAL PLAN TO TURN CAMP ATTERBURY INTO ICE DETENTION; INDIANA ENFORCEMENT SURGE FUELS BACKLASH

Hundreds rallied in Johnson County to oppose a federal plan to convert Camp Atterbury into an ICE detention facility, highlighting growing local resistance to detention expansion in Indiana. The event drew community leaders and Democrats who called the proposal inhumane, while prominent Republicans including Sen. Jim Banks and AG Todd Rokita backed the conversion as part of broader deportation efforts. The protest comes amid a documented surge in ICE arrests across the state, intensifying the political fight over detention capacity and removals.