Donald Trump rescinded the measure that prevented U.S. immigration services from arresting migrants in and around sensitive locations, such as churches and schools. teleSUR
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00:00In the United States, the new Trump administration eliminated all protection for migrants taking
00:07refugee in churches, shelters, schools and other places to expand anti-immigrant law
00:13enforcement in order to arrest and deport them to their countries of origin.
00:20The acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Benjamin Hoffman,
00:28announced in a statement the end of Joe Biden's policies and criticized the previous administration
00:35for abusing the so-called humanitarian parole program that encouraged 1.5 million migrants
00:43to enter the country.
00:45On other communiqués, the DHS informed about the restatement and resumption of the 2019
00:53border protection policy, which allows officials in charge to return migrants to neighboring
01:00countries while deportation procedures are completed.