President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to change its tactics in immigration enforcement operations, moving away from sweeping raids that have been publicized in some cities across the country.

Marco Baldushi, an immigration attorney and parishioner of St. Mary the Assumption church in the Lower Garden District, recalled the story of his fellow worshippers Orlin and Lucy Lopez, who were recently deported back to Honduras after living in the city for six years.

Federal agents have made more than 250 arrests this month across southeast Louisiana, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted’s office was the one that allegedly told Springfield immigration advocates that asylum seekers could be rounded up and placed in detention facilities. When asked for clarification and Husted’s stance on immigration, a spokesperson from his office sent the following.

The Trump administration said it would reduce the period of time that work permits are valid for refugees, asylees and other immigrants granted legal protections in the U.S.

The Trump administration is pausing immigration applications, including green cards, for people from 19 countries previously banned from travel.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After weeks of verbally condemning the aggressive federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago region, Illinois lawmakers approved legislation banning civil immigration arrests in and around state courthouses early Friday morning.

An attorney for Jose Gonzalez said police have not released the arrest report or their justification for detaining the popular maître d'.