Trump officials revoke Biden policy that barred ICE arrests near "sensitive locations" like schools and churches

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  • Source: CBS News
  • 01/22/2025

Trump officials revoke Biden policy that barred ICE arrests near "sensitive locations" like schools and churches

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  • Source: CBS News
  • 01/22/2025

Just hours after President Trump's inauguration, his administration revoked a Biden-era policy that prohibited arrests by U.S. immigration agents at or near schools, places of worship and other places deemed to be "sensitive locations."

Benjamine Huffman, whom the Trump administration installed as acting homeland security secretary pending the confirmation of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, issued a memo on Monday reversing the Biden administration's immigration arrest guidelines on "sensitive locations."

That policy, signed by former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, instructed Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to refrain from apprehending unauthorized immigrants at or near locations "that would restrain people's access to essential services or engagement in essential activities." Those locations included schools; places of worship; hospitals and other healthcare facilities; shelters; relief centers; and public demonstrations, like rallies and protests.

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