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Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All

By | Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All

Lynn Damiano Pearson, National Immigration Law Center (January 21, 2025)

This fact sheet reviews the recently rescinded Protected Areas policy and what advocates and communities can do to support immigrants in continuing to access services and spaces in their communities.

With “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly Reshape Immigration

By | Deportation, Federal Policy, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law

With “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly Reshape Immigration

Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph, Migration Policy Institute (January 23, 2025)

This article provides an overview of the immigration policies put forth during the first week of the Trump administration, their impacts, and likely constraints they will face.

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Some families are now weighing school attendance

By | In the News

Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at school. Some families are now weighing school attendance

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Moriah Balingit, Bianca Vázquez Toness, & Jocelyn Gecker, AP News (January 22, 2025)

The Trump administration has ended the Protected Areas policy, a policy in effect since 2011 instructing ICE not to conduct immigration enforcement operations in certain sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and churches.

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