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Who decided that they could invade somebody's home (Original Post) malaise Yesterday OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Klarkashton Yesterday #1
Miller? Noem? take your pick actually. Klarkashton Yesterday #1
She should be gone before sundown malaise Yesterday #5
Yes! But the Power is Trumps. the Buck stops with him. PERIOD!! Ars Longa 22 hrs ago #7
Was it the 'Supreme Court' ??? SamKnause Yesterday #3
People who think the Constitution is a regulatory structure bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4
They use what they call administrative warrants Farmer-Rick 22 hrs ago #6
Aren't they. Illegal? n/t malaise 22 hrs ago #8
Yes and no Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #9
Thanks malaise 21 hrs ago #11
It's been a long time since the fourth amendment has actually been ... surrealAmerican 21 hrs ago #10

Response to malaise (Original post)

Farmer-Rick

(12,525 posts)
6. They use what they call administrative warrants
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:17 PM
22 hrs ago

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.

Farmer-Rick

(12,525 posts)
9. Yes and no
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:12 PM
21 hrs ago

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.

surrealAmerican

(11,773 posts)
10. It's been a long time since the fourth amendment has actually been ...
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:20 PM
21 hrs ago

... enforced in this country.

Authoritarians hate that kind of thing.

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