US EditionInternal ICE Memo Instructs Agents to Enter Homes Without Warrants
- On March 14, an internal Justice Department memo instructed ICE agents to conduct warrantless home entries targeting suspected Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act.
- The memo relies on a broad and controversial interpretation of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, labeling any Venezuelan noncitizen aged 14 or older and linked to Tren de Aragua as an 'alien enemy'.
- This directive has led to deportations of over 200 men to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison without standard judicial warrants or due process protections.
- Legal experts have expressed strong concerns that the policy infringes upon Fourth Amendment protections, with Georgetown Law professor Steve Vladeck emphasizing that the Fourth Amendment remains fully applicable despite provisions of the Alien Enemies Act.
- The policy risks undermining constitutional due process and enabling indefinite detention abroad, prompting lawsuits and judicial rebukes calling the government’s approach arbitrary and unlawful.
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‘Silent and hiding’: ICE actions at courthouses creating climate of fear for immigrants, advocates say - The Boston Globe
Under the Trump administration, ICE has ended Biden-era restrictions on courthouse immigration enforcement that were initially meant to serve as a buffer between the local criminal justice system and federal immigration policies.
DOJ Memo Shows Trump Admin Ordered ICE to Conduct Warrantless Home Invasions - Alaska Native News
“There’s no Alien Enemies Act exception to the Fourth Amendment,” said one law professor. The U.S. Department of Justice dubiously invoked a centuries-old law in directing immigration agents to carry out home invasion searches without warrants, an internal memo revealed. USA Today—which obtained a copy of the March 14 memo issued by the office of U.S. Attorney […] The post DOJ Memo Shows Trump Admin Ordered ICE to Conduct Warrantless Home Invasi…
DOJ Deportation Memo Pretends The Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Exist
USA Today has secured the DOJ’s official rules of engagement for mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. (Better yet, it has shared it with everyone, rather than keep it to itself!) Trump’s resurrection of a law no one thought the Land of the Free would ever use again is disturbing enough. What’s in the memo [PDF], dated March 14, 2025, is just as concerning. This memo was the instigator of long series of horrific events, as Nick Penzenst…
DOJ Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Searches of Your Home
A newly surfaced Justice Department memo reveals that the Trump administration is relying on the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to conduct warrantless home searches and deportations without judicial oversight for certain non-citizen Venezuelan nationals....
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