Attorney general files suit against Monroe County

(The Center Square) – A second Indiana community is being taken to court by state Attorney General Todd Rokita.

He says Monroe County is violating a new state law mandating local officials work with federal agents to remove people living in or who have entered the country illegally. Rokita on Friday announced he’s seeking to compel the county to follow Senate Bill 181, a law passed earlier this year by the General Assembly that gives the attorney general’s office the power to force Indiana’s cities, counties and colleges to cooperate with officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.