Trump administration whistleblowers exposed a secret DHS and ICE memo revealing the agencies' position that immigration enforcement agents can enter homes without a warrant signed by a judge and arrest people with final orders of removal from the country, leading a top constitutional law expert on the Fourth Amendment to preliminarily conclude the government is "likely wrong" on the law.
While the history of warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens is well-documented, the Trump administration has been accused of going even further, allegedly "forcibly" barging into Americans' homes without judicial warrants and without consent, to effect the mass deportation of illegal aliens in the name of "restoring safety."
On Wednesday, nonprofit legal group Whistleblower Aid said that two "anonymous" government officials have alleged "a flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment," a "particularly timely and relevant" claim "given recent news reports of ICE officers breaking into homes, including those of U.S. citizens, without a judicial warrant and forcibly removing the residents" under Secretary Kristi Noem's watch.
DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin responded to those claims Wednesday by saying there was nothing new to see here, as ICE agents have "administrative warrants" — warrants the Trump administration's immigration officers created and signed off on to deport individuals with a "final order of removal by a federal immigration judge." Notably, that...
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