ICE Assert Sweeping Power to Enter Homes Without Warrant

Thursday, January 22, 2026

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.

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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 | Reply | Newsworthy 2

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

Constitution? What Constitution?

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

"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 | Reply

Destined for the courts.

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

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 | Reply

Jeff is a gutless coward.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-22 11:16 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

*** 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 | Reply

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 | Reply

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 | Reply

*** 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 | Reply

"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 | Reply