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without a warrant
Good question
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Klarkashton
(5,299 posts)malaise
(296,176 posts)Effin LIAR
Ars Longa
(525 posts)SamKnause
(14,897 posts)Specifically Kavanaugh ???
bucolic_frolic
(55,173 posts)Bondi.
Farmer-Rick
(12,669 posts)Warrants Not signed by a judge. Just sign by some Joe who works for ICE.
Administrative warrants (Forms I-200/I-205) for immigration arrests have been used for decades before ICE current policies, authorized by federal immigration law and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) before 2003. The Supreme Court recognized these administrative warrants in Abel v. United States (1960), noting they have long "sanction[ed]" deportation arrests.
Historically, while these warrants authorized arrests, they did not traditionally permit officers to enter private homes without consent, a limitation that recent 2026 ICE memo signed by ICE Director Todd Lyons change. This change has not been reviewed by the courts. Nor are these administrative warrants considered valid in entering an American citizen's home.
Legal twists that any good Nazi would love.
malaise
(296,176 posts)Farmer-Rick
(12,669 posts)They are illegal if an agent is using them to gain access to a citizens and/or noncitizens home. Using them to enter a noncitizen's home is very iffy. The dancing Supremes have never ruled on allowing ICE to use them for invading homes no matter the citizenship of the owners or tenants.
They are legal if they are used to deport a person who has staid past their Visa date.
malaise
(296,176 posts)Rec
surrealAmerican
(11,881 posts)... enforced in this country.
Authoritarians hate that kind of thing.