President Trump’s directive to allow federal immigration officials to make arrests at public schools and houses of worship, traditionally safe havens for undocumented immigrants, prompted outrage and shock among the state’s educators and religious leaders,

Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in “sensitive” areas.

As reports of potential ICE raids in Chicago emerge, legal groups and community organizations are intensifying their preparedness efforts. In historically Hispanic neighborhoods like Pilsen, there's a concerted push to educate and protect immigrant communities.

Details of planned immigration raids are unclear, but they would be the opening step in the president-elect’s goal of overseeing the largest deportation program in history.