Trump rescinds guidance protecting sensitive areas' from immigration raids
Briefly

The Trump administration has reversed longstanding protections against immigration enforcement in sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools, and churches. This change aligns with Trump's mass deportation agenda, emphasizing a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Previously, agencies like ICE and CBP avoided such raids, recognizing they could deter individuals from seeking essential services. Critics argue this new approach conflates immigration with criminality and threatens the well-being of many undocumented residents and their families, who contribute significantly to their communities despite the fear of deportation.
According to government estimates, as many as 11 million undocumented people live in the United States, many of them cornerstones in their families and communities.
The Trump administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.
For more than a decade, federal agencies have issued guidance against carrying out immigration enforcement efforts in places like schools and medical centres on the basis that such raids might discourage people from seeking necessary services.
Trump has long conflated irregular migration with criminality, misleadingly framing the new directive as an empowerment of law enforcement.
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