Trump Revokes Directive Barring Immigration Arrests In Schools, Churches, and Courthouses

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The Department of Homeland Security announced that federal immigration authorities can now conduct enforcement operations in previously off-limits locations, including schools, churches, and courthouses. The policy change follows President Donald Trump’s revocation of a 2011 directive that prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection from targeting “sensitive” areas, such as schools, places of worship, hospitals, funerals, and public demonstrations. The new guidance also allows ICE to conduct operations near courthouses, primarily focusing on individuals involved in criminal cases

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00:02The Department of Homeland Security announced that federal immigration authorities are now

00:06permitted to conduct enforcement operations in previously off-limits locations, including

00:11schools, churches, and courthouses.

00:13The policy change follows President Donald Trump's re-advocation of the 2011 Directive

00:18that prohibited immigration and custom enforcements and custom of border protection from targeting

00:25sensitive areas such as schools, places of worship, hospitals, funerals, and public

00:30demonstrations.

00:32The new guidance also allows ICE to conduct operations near courthouses, primarily focusing

00:37on individuals involved in criminal cases.

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