LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, sent out a newsletter calling for her union members to discuss how to deal with the “harmful consequences” of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.

Specifically, Weingarten announced a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Jan 30 to discuss how to respond to Trump’s announcement allowing federal immigration agents to go into schools, churches and hospitals to enforce the law. Those areas were designated outside the reach of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents under the Joe Biden administration.

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Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman said last week about Trump’s order: “This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce our immigration laws and catch criminal aliens—including murders [sic] and rapists—who have illegally come into our country. Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.”

Weingarten said at the town hall, “We will examine the impact of the new president’s mass deportation agenda and the harmful consequences of changing the sensitive locations rule. In the last few days, the new president has tested his authority in unprecedented ways. First, it was rescinding any number of longstanding policies, including one that protected certain areas—such as schools, hospitals and churches—from immigration enforcement.”

Weingarten said she sent Trump a letter asking him to rescind the rule.

AFT Michigan is the state chapter of the national union. The Michigan chapter has about 35,000 educators and healthcare providers in K-12 and intermediate school districts, community colleges, universities, and hospitals.