MILWAUKEE — More than 100 churches in Southeast Wisconsin have joined a federal lawsuit seeking to restore protections against immigration enforcement in sensitive locations like churches, schools, and hospitals.

The Trump administration ended those protections earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed over the summer in Massachusetts, claims the policy infringes on individuals' First Amendment right to freedom of religion.

"I know that there are a lot of folks that come to understand that while the government has a job to do, there should be some places that people need to come that should be free from government interference and intervention," Paul Erickson said.

Erickson leads the Greater Milwaukee Synod , part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The synod has almost 60,

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