>> A new ICE detention center is in the works in North Center.

Indiana dubbed the Speedway slammer similar in size to Florida's high security so-called alligator at pass facility Speedway slammer will triple triple the amount of ice beds in the Chicago region.

The announcement comes after orders from the Trump administration to ramp up immigration efforts and Democratic.

Let's to cities the Department of Homeland Security has said a quota of 3,000 arrest per day.

And joining us here today is Indiana State Representative Victoria.

That's Wilburn who represents parts of Indianapolis in Brandon Lee communications director for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Now, he also invited a number of Illinois and Indiana Republicans to join the conversation.

But the either declined or didn't respond.

Well, thank you both for joining Representative Wilburn, I want to start with Indiana Governor Mike Braun stated Indiana is taking a comprehensive and collaborative approach to combat illegal immigration and will continue to lead the way among state.

Where do you stand?

It's unfortunate that, you know, we have made light of a very grave situation.

>> Dubbing the facility Speedway slammer is dehumanizing at best.

And so Democrats in the state have been vocal all session about their apprehension towards plans.

What are your thoughts?

Pregnant?

You know?

>> As as you mentioned in the introduction, this has the potential to increase you know, it increase capacity 3 times in the in the region overseen by the Chicago office.

And that is the type of that is the type of move by the Trump administration and the governor of Indiana that really sets off the alarm for us that increased enforcement could become a talent as well.

>> And representative the detention center is set to house up to 1000 people awaiting deportation.

Are you concerned about the fiscal responsibilities these new facilities will impose on the state?

That's what I'm concerned about.

Obviously, the humanity issue is what I'm mostly concerned about.

But honestly, Indiana had a hard time making a neutral budget this year.

We had a 3 billion dollar deficit in our state.

Medicaid and we have called for transparency about how much as a state we are looking to fit this bill.

I think it's an egregious error to Hoosiers with what we call Indiana residence and should lawmakers have a say in these centers popping up in their districts?

Absolutely.

I think if we're going to be using state resources, we should be able to have an opinion about how these resources are spent.

And in all transparency, we also have a deficit in public safety officials.

We have a recruitment and retention problem for both our local departments and our sheriffs.

And I'm wondering if that is going to have the implication at detention centers as well.

What are you hearing from people live there?

The residents in Indiana?

Yeah.

I think there's apprehension.

Protests have started.

I have heard from my constituents directly that they don't want their law enforcement officers.

We've asked our law enforcement officers to do multiple things in Indiana.

Everything from mental health ambulance, Ryans to obviously fighting crime.

In addition to being in our local schools.

And now we're asking them to do another thing.

Our citizen see that our law enforcement is stretched very thin.

And this is a federal issue and we need to make sure that their federal resources that are being allocated to this.

But unfortunately, there's not a lot of transparency and Brandon members of ICE or have been active in traveling from Illinois to Indiana detention centers in the past.

What would you say?

They have observed and reported yet.

So.

>> In Illinois, we have supported state boat state legislation that has prevented the opening of additional ICE detention centers within our state.

We have also had members, individual leaders, faith leaders who have taken up the call to speak out against ICE detention in Indiana and elsewhere in the Midwest.

Truthfully.

It has been in conditions in ICE detention centers have been an ongoing concern for immigrant rights advocates for many, many years across multiple administrations.

And now the Trump administration is time to stand up additional detention centers seemingly overnight to house thousands of people.

With no oversight from the federal government are from representatives who aren't even being allowed view detention.

Reading what you said let's just say people who have been.

>> Residents here who of Chicago, lived here in called Chicago home for decades.

And, you know, our undocumented should they be worried?

>> I think that.

The worry is.

Brought on by the Trump administration creating this atmosphere of fear and by ice having seemingly no oversight and no accountability as coming to Chicago and the suburbs and everywhere across the country so I think that the best defense against Trump and the best way to sort of overcome that, the feeling the fear is to build community to be organized, to know your rights to look out for your neighbors and to know the resources that are available within your community and within your state.

Representative, what are your thoughts on what Brandon is saying?

Absolutely agree.

And I'm I'm so thankful for the strong coalitions that do exist here.

And Alan >> We in Indiana, really don't want to make another negative headline.

And unfortunately with Governor Braun at the how it's really difficult to say national headlines for all the wrong reasons.

And so there are several immigrant groups that mobilizing in Indiana as well.

The irony is that one of the detention centers was a former welcome center for Afghan refugees.

And we have come so far and that time, I mean, it's almost a cruel joke to now see it being used as a detention center and how many members would just save your community have been responding to the presence of ICE agents in a negative way.

I would say that, you know, there are people wanting to create and continue to create a sense of community and mobilization.

And so I think that they have been more vocal.

They have been more present and they're demanding lawmakers to pay attention and talking about there.

Is there any legislative action that can help that he needs in the facility?

Us?

We are working very hard to think about a bipartisan approach to humanity.

And so my caucus were certainly be working for towards next session towards offering a bell to make sure that I'm human rights are maintained.

And let's talk about agriculture as we know mass deportation efforts have cause a significant impact on the agriculture industry.

What have you seen in district?

Absolutely.

I mean, make no mistake about it.

Indiana isn't high cultural state.

That house is migrant seasonal farm workers.

Now the word migrant does not mean illegal.

There are several migrant farm workers from states like Texas and Colorado that choose to farm that are American citizens that we have seen cases in California and being swept up in this process and wrongfully detained.

Do you plan to offer any protections for these immigrant workers currently meeting with interested farm will be thinking about some creative legislation to make sure that their rights are preserved or use a passion about this.

I come from a migrant farm worker family.

So my father used to always say that they didn't cross the border.

The border crossed Generations of Americans.

My parents got very poor.

My mother actually farmed this tomato fields of Indiana.

And so if the irony isn't lost on me that I am proud to serve in the state legislature seemingly the highest seed of government.

that's why I'm so passionate about it for stories like my mother's and Brandon, what would use would like to see from legislative leaders as deportation efforts continue?

Yeah.

So.

>> You know, we're we're very pleased that a federal court recently upheld the state and local welcoming bus that community the immigrant community members and allies have fought for over the course of of years that trust at the Chicago.

city ordinance in the county detain policy.

And what we are hoping for is to strengthen those policies, including the trust act.

We recently passed a piece of