Trump lets police arrest illegal immigrants in schools and churches

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The Trump Department of Homeland Security has empowered federal law enforcement officers to go into schools and churches to arrest illegal immigrants following a yearslong bar from entering those facilities.

The acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman on Tuesday issued a directive to employees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to make arrests inside those facilities and outside on nearby property.

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