Trump Admin. Lifts Ban on Immigration Arrests at Schools
Immigration,Politics,Trump Administration,DHS,Unauthorized Immigration
Immigration agents can now more easily make arrests and carry out raids on school property, after the Trump administration overturned a 13-year-old policy aimed at preventing immigration enforcement from getting in the way of people accessing essential services. Under a directive announced Tuesday night, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol agents no longer have to honor “sensitive locations” when conducting enforcement activities. For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has had an internal policy that has generally prevented agents from making arrests...
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