Trump authorizes ICE to target schools and churches
Politics,Immigration,Donald Trump,DHS,Trump Administration,Unauthorized Immigration
DHS said it would roll back a policy prohibiting arrests in "sensitive" areas. Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in “sensitive” areas. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it would roll back the policy to "thwart law enforcement in or near so-called sensitive areas." First enacted in 2011, the directive prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol officers from arresting suspected undocumented immigrants in a variety of locations. Schools and houses of...
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