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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

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Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.

The move reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.

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