Masked and hooded cops without actual warrants
Claiming they have “administrative” warrants not issued by a judge
Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
ICE says its officers can forcibly enter homes during immigration operations without judicial warrants: 2025 memo
The policy was revealed in a May 12 memo whistleblowers shared with a U.S. senator.
Laura Strickler
Masked and hooded armed agents using force to enter private homes without a court order and refusing to identify themselves risk being shot and killed quite justifiably by the residents or owners of the said homes under the castle doctrine.
Anybody can shop for used military surplus and dress up as a cop, but when the guns are drawn and the front door is being bashed in with a battering ram, it’s too late to ask for a name and badge number or collaborate with the local police station or defer to any further courthouse civilities before taking the law into one’s own hands to defend one’s own home.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
REBECCA SANTANA
… 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, …