Even as school administrators and Democratic leaders repeat their promise to shield students and teachers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, they appear unsure exactly how far to go to prevent federal agents from making arrests on campus.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. focused enforcement on the record numbers of people who had recently crossed the southern border and used expanded emergency powers under Covid to conduct four million deportations during his tenure. Mr. Trump conducted 1.9 million during his first term.
The Trump administration revoked a Biden-era policy that prohibited ICE arrests at or near schools, places of worship and other "sensitive locations."
Top Trump administration officials visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcement.
Trump has said he would like to deport everyone living illegally in the United States, though he has not set a specific numerical target. Who is most at risk?
President Donald Trump ran on a promise of mass deportations and tougher measures at the southwest border, with his border czar Tom Homan promising an increase in ICE activity as soon as the president returned to the White House. Despite potential large-scale raids in Chicago and New York City this week, smaller operations took place instead.
There were raids in Miami, Chicago, Newark and New Jersey on Sunday in an operation involving several agencies.
Trump's action comes after signals from private prison corporations like GEO Group and CoreCivic that they expected such a reversal.
A North Korean company started marketing its products with a reference to lessons learned in Russia's fight against Ukraine.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka reveals that U.S. citizens were caught up in a recent ICE raid, raising concerns about constitutional rights and immigration enforcement tactics.