The Trump administration has removed policies that prevented immigrants from being arrested in places like churches, schools, and hospitals. Immigration enforcement officers can now arrest immigrants in sensitive places like schools and churches.
For more than a decade, the two main federal immigration agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, had restrictions on actions in sensitive places. But the guidance to remove this restriction came on Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that criminals will no longer be able to hide in schools and churches in the United States to avoid arrest. This is part of Trump's strong measures against immigration. Many have come out in support of the new measure. There have been criticisms that the new decision will harm immigrants' access to medical care and their children's education.