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Churches have a long history of being safe havens — for immigrants and others

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Churches as sanctuaries

U.S. churches — once deemed off-limits to immigration authorities due to their "sensitive" status within communities — now face the prospect of federal agents arresting migrants within their walls, under a new Trump administration policy.

The new approach, which President Trump spoke of in a December interview, also applies to schools. The administration said it will trust agents to "use common sense" when enforcing immigration laws.

It's an abrupt about-face for federal policies that had hewn much closer to decades and centuries of tradition. Migrants have long found support systems in houses of worship, including some churches that 40 years ago became sanctuaries for people facing deportation.

In the 1800s, U.S. churches gave safe harbor to enslaved people; during the Vietnam War, they sheltered people resisting the military draft.

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