Burmese immigrants and refugees in Indiana face an escalating campaign of repression as state lawmakers move to expand cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, even as courts temporarily block deportations and mass protests erupt across the state. Fort Wayne—home to one of the largest Burmese refugee populations in the Midwest—has become a focal point of both the human consequences of immigration enforcement and growing popular opposition to it. Expressing the passivity and complicity of the Democrats, State Senator Greg Taylor of Indianapolis declared, “We have a responsibility as legislators to put forward public policy that protects against those things,” referencing recent ICE-related killings in Minnesota. They’re talking about funding ICE even more.”Opposition to immigration enforcement is increasingly emerging from below, particularly among young people and workers. Days earlier, hundreds of students at Carmel High School walked out of classes and marched to city hall, denouncing deportations, family separations and the militarization of immigration enforcement.