Immigrants often don't open the door to ICE, but that may no longer...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Taxin reported from Santa Ana, Calif. A sign reads "ICE OUT" and informs people of their rights outside a barbershop on Tuesday, October, 28, 2025 in Chicago.
54% : Jesus Delgado, a father of three, said the local elementary school sent out information to parents about what to do if ICE comes to your door.
51% : But an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press states immigration officers can forcibly enter people´s homes without a judge´s warrant, marking a dramatic shift that could upend the legal advice given to immigrants for decades.
49% : A senior ICE official once likened the surveillance experience to watching paint dry.
47% : AP witnessed ICE officers ramming through the front door of a Liberian man's home in Minneapolis on Jan. 11 with only an administrative warrant, wearing heavy tactical gear and with their rifles drawn.
45% : Since shortly after ICE was created in 2003, advocacy groups and immigrant-friendly state and local governments have diligently spread the word that people should not open their doors for immigration officers unless they can show a warrant signed by a judge.
45% : " In the predominantly Latino city of Santa Ana, where ICE agents were seen roaming the streets in recent days, several residents who did not want to give their names said they were well aware of that right.
44% : They waited longer for a Mexican man who never emerged from his house in nearby El Monte, though they caught up with him two days later at a convenience store. ICE has tried what the agency called "knock and talks" to get people to answer the door by casually asking residents to step outside to answer a few questions, according to a 2020 lawsuit in which a federal judge found the practice illegal.
43% : ICE records often contain wrong addresses, which could further lead to confrontations and agents busting into homes of U.S. citizens.
39% : "Every American should be terrified by this secret ICE policy authorizing its agents to kick down your door and storm into your home," Blumenthal said in a news release. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court in 1980 that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed.
32% : Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is demanding congressional hearings on the ICE memo and calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for an explanation.

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