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ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says (dailyboulder.com)

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The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.

According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wish the second amendment could actually be used to protect us from tyranny as opposed to being a bunch of hogwash that's exclusively used to prop up white supremacy.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Magats being the only armed people has been changing a lot over the last few months

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Last few months?! Blacks, women and LGBT have been the largest gun buying demographic since 2020 or so. Some appeared to have gotten the memo.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 18 hours ago

While this is true, I still can't see it as being a viable form of resistance to tyranny in a case like that mentioned in the post. The government won't accept an appeal to one's second amendment rights as a valid defense when it's their own agents committing the offense.

It only works when used against a minority or desperate poor person.