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ICE memo authorizes warrantless home entries, upending decades of legal guidance

Dec 31, 2025 · Minneapolis, MN

ICE memo authorizes warrantless home entries, upending decades of legal guidance

An internal ICE memo obtained by The Associated Press authorized agents to forcibly enter residences without a judge's warrant based on administrative arrest orders, marking a significant policy shift. The change occurs as the Trump administration escalates a mass deportation campaign nationwide. For decades, immigrant communities have relied on Fourth Amendment protections requiring judicial warrants for home entries, but this memo permits officers to bypass that requirement. Civil liberties organizations have stated the policy conflicts with constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

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