President-elect Donald Trump plans to provide ICE agents with more authority to take illegal immigrants into custody in places like churches and hospitals as soon as he takes office as part of his mass deportation efforts to secure the southern border.
NBC News reported that Trump is set to scrap restrictions that date back to 2011 that restrict ICE officials from apprehending immigrants in sensitive locations such as churches, schools and medical facilities. Sources told NBC that Trump plans to rescind the long-standing policy on the first day in the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to scrap a policy that restricts ICE agents from making arrests at churches, schools and hospitals, according to a report. More: https://t.co/kyjGFXuXCa pic.twitter.com/5PDpKoLLcl
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The policy requires a supervisor at sensitive locations to sign off on immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to be taken into federal custody. The policy also removes extenuating circumstances such as national security, terror threats, and the arrest of a dangerous felon would still require proper approval.
