ICE Detains Immigrants in Texas

[ Photo: REUTERS] A lot has happened in the 9 days since President Trump took office. President Trump has made deporting undocumented immigrants a top priority, expanding ICE’s power to arrest and remove people more aggressively, even in places that were off limits. ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a U.S. government agency that finds and removes people who don’t have legal permission to be in the country. They check if someone is following immigration laws, and if not, they can arrest and deport them. & Under new orders from President Trump, ICE is now more aggressive in detaining and deporting people. Before, there were rules that stopped them from going into places like schools, hospitals, and churches, but now they can arrest people in those places too. This makes a lot of immigrants scared to go to the doctor, send their kids to school, or even go to church. & Another big change is that Trump is punishing cities that don’t help ICE with deportations. Some cities, called “sanctuary cities,” some “sanctuary cities” are Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City. They have rules that protect immigrants from being easily turned over to ICE. Now, Trump is trying...