A new Justice Department memo is threatening criminal charges against state and local officials who don't cooperate with federal immigration agents, which has some New Yorkers fearing what could come next.

The Trump administration moved this week to end longstanding protections barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from conducting raids in

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the first days of the Trump administration, has made hundreds of arrests of illegal immigrants across the U.S.

The new executive order will allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enter schools, churches and hospitals to carry out deportations.

Trump's Department of Homeland Security removed its policy on "sensitive zones" protected from deportation, including shelters.

The Trump administration authorized federal immigration agents to arrest undocumented immigrants in churches, schools and hospitals.

The Justice Department memo issued Wednesday threatens prosecution of state or local officials for “resisting, obstructing, and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests.

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, with some vowing to protect families regardless of the federal orders.

Local hospitals are bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump’s new executive order authorizing unbridled immigration enforcement in their facilities. On Monday, the Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era policy that deterred immigration raids in schools,

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Trump’s rhetoric focuses on mass roundups as a spectacle of fear, but the criminal legal system remains the primary tool for carrying out deportations. The new administration has already stated its intention to expand 287 (g), agreements that deputize local police as immigration enforcers.