(WSBT) - President-elect Donald Trump has been clear, he plans to lead a historic deportation effort in the United States. Indiana Senator-Elect Jim Banks wants to use city police to make this happen. Banks said he has already spoken to a northern Indiana sheriff about this. President-elect Trump has prioritized finding and deporting immigrants who have no documentation and have committed crimes in the U.S. “While South Bend is a welcoming community, cities do not set our nation’s immigration policy under federal law. As the new Republican majority transitions from campaigning to governing, we hope that common sense and compassion will prevail because Hoosiers simply cannot afford further inflation from short-sighted policies like tariffs and mass deportations. Labor shortages from the loss of undocumented workers will significantly increase costs for Hoosier families and disrupt our growing economy," said South Bend Mayor James Mueller. WSBT22 spoke with local police departments about plans to make these sweeps. “We’re not aware of any specific plans. The folks that are talking about the plans haven’t been sworn into office yet and we would refer you to them," said Troy Warner with the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department. The City of Elkhart responded with a statement, "Elkhart's immigrant population makes our city a more sustainable, productive, and vibrant place to live.” Immigration is a federal function and cities are not required to assist, according to an immigration expert at the University of Notre Dame. "Which allows state and localities, voluntarily to enter into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to be sort of trained and deputized as local immigration agents or authorities. And so the idea is they go through a training and they learn what the different immigration statuses are. They basically act under the guise of immigration enforcement," said Erin Corcoran, a professor at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. Professor Corcoran also emphasized training would require understanding the extensive range of immigration statuses made available to those living in the community.