A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could pursue immigration enforcement in religious spaces. For over a decade, such actions were prohibited. On the first day of President Donald Trump‘s second term,

More than two dozen religious groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the policy violated the right to practice their religion.

A federal judge on Friday refused to limit the Trump administration's immigration enforcement activities in places of worship, ruling against a group of 27 religious organizations that had sued the administration for dropping a longstanding policy against enforcement in sensitive locations.