As the Trump administration is expected to start mass deportations in Chicago, two Northwest Indiana police agencies have not been called to help. Ahead of his inauguration, Trump’s team announced plans to target more than 300 people in the Chicago area. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders that targeted immigration including an effort to end birthright citizenship, according to the Associated Press, which was promptly challenged in federal court and blocked temporarily by a judge.. The Gary/Chicago International Airport has been involved in deportations, and Executive Director Dan Vicari said the organization plays no role in establishing or enforcing federal immigration policy. “Like almost every other airport nationwide, GCIA receives federal funding, and the airport’s assurances pertaining to the federal funding prohibits the airport from discriminating against any flight coming in or out of the airport,” Vicari’s statement said. “This means the airport cannot stop ICE-chartered planes from using the airport. The airport itself does not have any flight servicing contracts with ICE.” Officers from the Hammond and Gary police departments both said the local agencies haven’t been called to help with deportations. The East Chicago Police Department did not respond to a request for comment. The Hammond Police Department ensures personal and professional commitment to the law and equal public service, Cpt. Steve Kellogg said in an email to the Post-Tribune. “Confidence in this commitment will increase the effectiveness of this department in protecting and serving the entire community and recognizing the dignity of all persons, regardless of their national origin or immigration status,” Kellogg said. Kellogg’s statement said the department can’t comment on future federal guidelines. Gary Police Chief Derrick Cannon said the police department hasn’t heard from federal law enforcement regarding deportations, and they wouldn’t initiate those. The department is focused on state crimes, and he said deportations are part of federal authority. “Our mission is to disrupt any type of crime that is against our ordinances and our state law, and then to also maintain public order,” Cannon told the Post-Tribune. “Right now, (assisting with deportations) is not currently our mission, and we haven’t been asked to assist in that way.” On Jan. 18, Gary police arrested three people during a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights at the airport. The airport has been the site of ICE flights to Texas since 2013, as undocumented immigrants are transported from a Chicago-area detention center after a judge has ordered their deportation. Matthew Kaplan and Nicholas Andrew were charged with criminal trespassing, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct. Andrew was also charged with obstructing traffic, according to online court records. The two had hearings in Gary City Court Wednesday, and their trials are scheduled for April 2, Judge Deidre Monroe told them. Kaplan said he’s a Chicago freelance photographer who was documenting but not involved with the protest. Criminal trespassing and resisting law enforcement charges can carry a penalty of up to one year in Lake County jail and a $5,000 fine. Disorderly conduct and obstructing traffic can be a penalty of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. The protesters carried signs that read, “Abolish ICE,” “Education Not Deportation” and “No Human is Illegal,” Kaplan said, and were a bit rowdy and loud with their chanting, but no one was violent, according to Post-Tribune archives. A protester tried to attach a banner to the airport’s chain-link fence, but airport employees stopped them, Kaplan previously told the Post-Tribune. About 10 minutes later, the group began to march back to the train station when at least 10 Gary Police squad cars showed up, and officers yelled for them to get off the road. The group eventually moved to the grass on the shoulder, but officers started “pushing people down and arresting them,” Kaplan said. An officer arrested Kaplan as he was taking photos of the situation, and a friend grabbed his camera equipment as he was cuffed. Andrew declined to comment after his Wednesday hearing. Gary Mayor Eddie Melton did not return multiple requests for comment. City spokeswoman Erika Blackwell said Sunday that Gary police Chief Derrick Cannon Sr. would provide a statement, but he had not as of Wednesday; nor did he respond to an email with specific questions regarding the incident. Freelance reporter Michelle L. Quinn contributed. [email protected]