(KABC) The Muslim community is closely monitoring changes in immigration policy underway by the Trump administration.
Amr Shabaik, the legal director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations with the Greater LA office (CAIR-LA), said among those on their radar so far was the executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for some. That was temporarily blocked Thursday by a federal judge.
One change already in effect ended a long-standing policy that once blocked immigration arrests in sensitive locations like schools, hospitals and places of worship.
“That has caused some concerns in terms of — can we see ICE raids coming to our local mosques and religious centers, religious schools? Things of that nature. Then another one that has been on folks’ radar is the one deemed to be protecting the U.S. from foreign terrorists,” Shabaik said.
