A federal policy preventing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from making arrests at places deemed as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals, looks set to end under the new Trump administration.

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States has raised “urgent moral and human concerns", says Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, who highlighted how the proposed change to the long-standing policy over sensitive locations is striking "fear into the heart" of border communities.