Until now, the authorities have not been able to make arrests in certain places.
President of the United States Donald Trump’s the administration gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) broad powers to detain people in the country illegally. It tells about the cancellation of a long-term policy CNN’s including the acting minister responsible for homeland security Benjamin Huffman.
In the future, ICE agents will also be allowed to arrest people in churches and schools, for example, which differs from the previous policy. ICE’s policy since 2011 has been that arrests are not carried out in “sensitive areas” such as churches, schools, hospitals, weddings and funerals or in their surroundings. In such places, arrests have only been made in special cases with the approval of superiors.
– Criminals can no longer hide in American schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump administration will not tie the hands of courageous public officials, but instead relies on their common sense, Huffman said in a statement.
Immigrant interest organizations have raised concerns about the cancellation of the policy. The fear has been that children would not dare to go to school for fear of arrest, or that people would avoid seeking hospital treatment.
Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in the history of the United States and deport millions of people living in the country illegally.