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ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says

dailyboulder.com ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says

A new memo from the Trump administration reveals something shocking: ICE agents have been told they can enter homes without a warrant to arrest migrants, based on little more than suspicion. The Ma…

ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says

The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.

According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.

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