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In this 2017 photo, an immigrant from Norwalk takes sanctuary inside La Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal church in New Haven after ignoring a deportation order. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will eliminate the rule preventing ICE from arresting immigrants from churches, schools and medical centers. (Courant file) 
ICE removals in Connecticut peaked in 2007, recording 500 immigrants deported in a single year.
