Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.

The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal, a move that advocates say collides with Fourth Amendment protections and upends years of advice given to immigrant communities.

  • hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Trump previously: “Take the guns first, go through due process second.”

    Trump today: “Take the homes first, go through due process second.”

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      12 hours ago

      Trump today: “Take the homes first, go through due process second.”

      There is no evidence for the second half of that.