ICE allowed to enter homes without warrant: Read full memo

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : According to an internal ICE memorandum obtained by the Associated Press, the agency now authorizes officers to use administrative warrants -- documents issued within the Department of Homeland Security -- to force entry into private residences to arrest individuals with final orders of removal.
49% : The memo, dated May 12, 2025, and signed by Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, said immigration law and the Constitution did not prohibit the use of administrative warrants to enter residences for arrests when a person had a final removal order.
48% : "Should the alien refuse admittance, ICE officers and agents should use only a necessary and reasonable amount of force to enter the alien's residence, following proper notification of the officer's or agent's authority and intent to enter," the memo said.
42% : What People Are Saying FWD.us President Todd Schulte said in a statement shared with Newsweek: "A secret ICE memo released by a whistleblower revealed a flagrantly illegal, unconstitutional policy that directs ICE agents to enter private homes without a judicial warrant.
37% : In Minneapolis earlier this month, with AP reporting that ICE agents broke through a front door and arrested a man using only an administrative warrant, without a judge's signature.
22% : ICE has faced growing scrutiny for warrantless arrests, forcibly entering homes and using heavy-handed tactics, with critics warning that the agency's aggressive approach risks violating civil liberties.

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