An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

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.

    • mr_sunburn@lemmy.ml
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      9 hours ago

      You could look at Renee Good and see that they need no pretext at all to shoot and kill without repercussions. “Don’t feed the troll” isn’t a great strategy when it’s already gnawing on your leg.

      • mystik@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 hours ago

        I realized a bit after posting that they’ll do what they want anyway without repercussions, so yea, you’re right.

      • Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 hours ago

        They’re looking to instigate violence to justify martial law. Your 2nd Amendment solution only gives them more opportunity to oppress and kill civilians. If you fight the federal government you will lose. Discredit them, don’t unalive them.

        • mr_sunburn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          54 minutes ago

          I’m not advocating for that, but as the prior poster said, “Sooner or later someone is going to defend their home against these goons, using lethal force” and they’ll use that as pretext to increase the boldness and spread of their violence. At that point with a totalitarian state, what recourse to the law remains?