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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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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

This is the crux of the situation. It’s a suicide mission unless we have overwhelming numbers (and really an organized force) on our side. Unless and until that happens, cops are just gonna find the occasional person who feels they have less to lose shooting at them than not.