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Uncle Joe

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Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:03 PM 19 hrs ago

Can ICE Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Warrant? Inside Trump's Attack on the 4th Amendment



ICE is asserting federal immigration officers have the power to forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant. “That’s just not true,” says legal scholar Stephen Vladeck, who says the claim directly violates the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure. “What we’re really seeing here is an effort to twist a handful of old cases that have recognized circumstances in which the government doesn’t need a judicial warrant to enter a home.” Vladeck also encourages witnesses to share video evidence of federal agents’ abuses to support future prosecution efforts.
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