Thursday, January 22, 2026

ICE Assert Sweeping Power to Enter Homes Without 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.

Posted by qcp at 09:32 AM | 25 COMMENTS | permalink

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Chillingly, the whistleblower says that ICE trainers were directed (no paper trail?) to train all of ICE's new recruits that these administrative warrants authorize breaking into peoples' homes, even though DHS's own training materials still make clear that's illegal!

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-- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) Jan 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM

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Nazis gonna Nazi.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-21 06:24 PM

Nazis gonna Nazi.

#1 | POSTED BY CORKY

I'm not sure why there was ever any debate about whether Trump is a Hitler and his minions are Nazis.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-21 06:51 PM

Too bad previous administrations, Democratic and Republican, did not dismantle DHS and ICE, an organization that is more powerful than the FBI.

FBI SAs require a warrant to arrest anyone or invade their privacy or homes.

Same for the US Marshal Service (USMS).

Now we have this runaway train abusing residents of America without oversight.

We are all Russians, Chinese, and Palestinians now.


#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-21 06:53 PM

Constitution? What Constitution?

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-21 08:28 PM

"ICE assert sweeping power to enter homes without warrant"

Aww, that's a shame.

The light of the Constitution being burned is so bright, it's scaring the Republican cockroaches away.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-21 08:30 PM

Destined for the courts.

#6 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-22 10:14 AM

Remember Jeff whining that he thought the feds didn't have a good enough reason for a warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago for the stolen classified documents?

...guess they didn't need a warrant.

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-01-22 10:22 AM

Jeff is a gutless coward.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-22 11:16 AM

*** ICE Monster Use Five-Year-Old Son as Bait to Capture Father ***

This is a bunch of real Lieutenant Columbos, ain't they?

And look how heavily-armed the Border Patrol agent is for the streets of America.

He looks like he's ready for ISIS or the Taliban.

The only "fix" for ICE and DHS is casting it lock, stock, and barrel into the four winds by Executive Order signed by the non-Republican Party POTUS immediately after being sworn in on 20 January 2029.

Source: apnews.com

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-22 12:18 PM

They'll probably kill me. But if they bust through my door they're going to get a shotgun blast in the face.

#10 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-01-22 12:24 PM

These ICE paid agitators are going to burst into the wrong house any day now, and some resident will demonstrate the 'Castle Doctrine' and unload their personal protection device on some goober in camo pants and a vest. A firefight will follow, followed closely by a coverup...

#11 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-22 12:25 PM

*** USAG Pam Bondi Proudly Bleats FBI Captured Two Church Protestors ***

The FBI has nothing better to do.

And Hillbilly hypocrite JD Vance promises prison sentences for ICE protestors.

Source: www.2news.com

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-22 12:33 PM

"In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to
observe the law scrupulously . . . If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites
anarchy."

Justice Louis Brandeis Olmstead v. United States (1928)

#13 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-01-22 01:27 PM

Again, in our neighborhood, if an armed mask man with no ID or warrant, tries to break in to our homes they will be shot.

#14 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-01-22 03:12 PM

The Black Panthers are doing yeoman's work in Philadelphia.

We need more of them.

www.reddit.com

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-22 03:18 PM

Nothing to see here folks!

They have a memo!

Memo says it's all ok!

Isn't a memo enough for you people?

Sheese!

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-22 03:21 PM

Would these "administrative" warrants hold up before the supreme court? Even THIS SCOTUS? I don't think even THIS SCOTUS would be willing to go that far.

I mean their memo says one thing but their training even talks about what could be 4th Amendment violations and the need for Judicial Warrants.

#17 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-01-22 05:07 PM

#11 | Posted by catdog

Sadly I am waiting for that day. I mean busting down the doors of CITIZENS and hauling them out in basically their underwear and crocs into the Minnesota snow and winter? (-2 windchill). Someone will unload on them sooner or later and it will be a sad day.

#18 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-01-22 05:36 PM

No trumper garbage defenders?

#19 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-01-22 06:04 PM

So, the sofa molester visited Mpls today. He and some ICE guy held a news conference. The ICE guy is showing pictures of criminals and accusing the Mpls police of releasing them into the city. The head of the Corrections Dept comes out and calls them liars. He showed video of the men being released into ICE custody 2 weeks ago from the corrections facilities.

This admin cannot tell the truth about anything.

#20 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-22 06:31 PM

Where's the 2nd Amendment chorus? Wasn't resistance to a "tyrannical government" one of their hallowed reasons for it's inclusion, end of story? Or is that only when chubby militia/prepper goobers are cavalierly given Color of Authority, and wink-wink/nudge-nudge permission to act out on the old beer bar fever dream of supremacy they've been systematically groomed to believe in? The really tragic thing is we've been here before, haven't we? Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Trump continued to sundown, only this time in front of a entire world, which is now waiting for the other foot to fall, just like the rest of us.

#21 | Posted by dutch46 at 2026-01-24 04:03 AM

Would these "administrative" warrants hold up before the supreme court?
~ Galaxy

Probably ...

Interesting tidbit, since immigration/removal is a civil proceeding, the FifthAmendement doesn't apply.
supreme.justia.com

Second, although in a criminal procedure, the court must instruct the jury that it cannot draw an inference of guilt from a defendant's failure to testify about facts relevant to his case, Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965), in civil cases, "the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them." Baxter v. Palmigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318 (1976).
www.litigationandtrial.com(1923)).

If you're a here legally speak up, silence can be admission of guilt, carry and show your ID, while you don't have to carry one an officer can detain you until your ID is established.

The FBI has nothing better to do.

They went after people that prayed at an abortion clinic, and you said nothing.

#22 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-24 09:35 AM

They went after people that prayed at an abortion clinic, and you said nothing.

#22 | Posted by oneironaut

Does Yo Momma know what a disingenuous POS you are?

You want me to write her?

#23 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 09:51 AM

"They went after people that prayed at an abortion clinic

Who is "they"?

No "they" did not.

No one was arrested by "them" for JUST praying at an abortion clinic.

GFY lying Commie Spyboy.

#24 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 10:13 AM

"Need a convenient answer that not only slices, dices and chops, but reverses careers, contacts and eradicates collaborators?

'Sounds good, but I need something self cleaning and incredibly voracious, but Sarlacc just take up too much space!'

Something with enormous gnashing teeth, claws and Minaj's glossy tentacles you ask? TMI brazenly present the magnificant ICE REGISTRY.

Even slower, less coordinated MAGA often escape through cracks in laws and uncovered pardons, but not with ICE REGISTRY!

Simply pry open the containment seal, leave a sacrifice to @&!$&(% upon the alter, backing out from the indicated parimeter, engage the feeding stimulant app and pray from the provided aerial observation lounge.

Watch all the fun uncoil!

Every cruelty enlarges the ICE REGISTRY, and while we may be tempted to overfeed, fear not! We also provide "freshness facilities*".

* Facility location may include El Salvador and Sudan.

!CAUTION Remove Democracy before folding.

#25 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-24 11:11 AM

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