The policy change undid over a decade of precedent that restricted ICE from enforcement activity in settings including schools or churches.

The Department of Homeland Security is following a directive that rescinds guidelines set by the Biden Administration that prohibited agents from going after people in places like churches where several people in trouble over their immigration status in Colorado have sought protection.

While the mayor has publicly declined to answer whether he will cooperate with federal immigration raids on New York, the NYPD memo is the latest in a flurry of behind-the-scenes activity to

President Donald Trump has promised a wave of deportations, which has caused fear and anxiety in New York City.