President Donald Trump has ordered raids on schools, churches and hospitals to enforce arrest of illegal immigrants in the United States.
The onslaught which is coming in the wake of close to 100 presidential orders has raised concerns in Nigeria and other countries.
Trump granted the US immigration authorities ability to arrest affected individuals in a reversal of policies that previously classified these locations as off-limits for enforcement.
The policy change ends more than a decade of restrictions that protected these “sensitive areas.”
The change was announced in a statement by the Department of Homeland Security which oversees Immigration, Customs Enforcement and Border Protection on Tuesday.