DOJ Directive: ICE Can Search Homes Without Warrants

USA Today reports:

Trump administration officials directed law enforcement nationwide to pursue suspected gang members into their homes, in some cases without any sort of warrant, according to a copy of the directive exclusively obtained by USA TODAY. The directive, issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi March 14, provides the first public view of the specific implementation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act invoked to deport migrants accused of being members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

“That’s really concerning,” said Monique Sherman, an attorney at the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network who successfully obtained one of the temporary restraining orders on April 22 to protect 100 people detained in Colorado from removal under the 1798 law. “The home under all constitutional law is the most sacred place where you have a right to privacy,” Sherman said. “By this standard, spurious allegations of gang affiliation means the government can knock down your door.”

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According to a recent DOJ memo, ICE can now enter your home without a warrant to search for socialists and Jews (sorry that was in the 1930s).

They can ostensibly now just ignore the 4th, 5th, and 15th amendments in pursuit of “foreign enemies.” pic.twitter.com/BQaKYSEAxL

— Greg J Stoker (@gregjstoker) April 26, 2025

This is tyranny you 2A folk. pic.twitter.com/Um6bsaGtOT

— James Tate (@JamesTate121) April 26, 2025