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A new memo from the Trump administration reveals something shocking: ICE agents have been told they can enter homes without a warrant to arrest migrants, based on little more than suspicion.
dailyboulder.com
A new memo from the Trump administration reveals something shocking: ICE agents have been told they can enter homes without a warrant to arrest migrants, based on little more than suspicion.
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.
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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.
The gang in question is Tren de Aragua, a group the Trump administration recently labeled a foreign terrorist organization. But legal experts say this is no justification for shredding the Constitution.
“The home under all constitutional law is the most sacred place where you have a right to privacy,” said immigration attorney Monique Sherman. “By this standard, spurious allegations of gang affiliation means the government can knock down your door.”
The memo was obtained by watchdog group Property of the People through a public records request and posted online. What it shows is a sweeping expansion of federal power — one that skips over courts, skips over due process, and puts anyone suspected of gang ties at risk of deportation without a hearing.
The DOJ memo makes one thing clear: anyone labeled an “Alien Enemy” is “not entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review.”
Civil rights groups are pushing back hard. Lee Gelernt, lead ACLU attorney in multiple court challenges, said: “Now we find out the Justice Department was authorizing officers to ignore the most bedrock principle of the Fourth Amendment by authorizing officers to enter homes without a judicial warrant.”
The backlash has already begun. On April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the administration must allow detainees a chance to challenge their deportation before removal. Days later, a federal judge in Colorado blocked the removal of 100 Venezuelans, calling the mass roundups unconstitutional.
Critics say the administration is rushing deportations to avoid immigration courts, which are backlogged and slow. The memo even includes a controversial guide — the Alien Enemy Validation Guide — which assigns points for gang affiliation using vague, easily manipulated factors: graffiti, clothing, tattoos, even phone calls.
Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a legal analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said: “I would anticipate this will be challenged in court. It would be a departure from the law. It would allow searches of homes without warrants.”
Since the memo was issued, CBS News reports the Trump administration has signed 456 agreements with local police departments, letting them act as immigration officers — turning traffic stops and routine patrols into immigration raids.
Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People, put it bluntly: “The documents reveal the Trump administration has authorized every single law enforcement officer in the country, including traffic cops, to engage in immigrant roundups explicitly outside due process.”
While administration officials claim these measures are necessary to protect national security, courts across the country are already pushing back. Restraining orders are now in place in New York, Texas, and Colorado, blocking deportations tied to this memo.
And the biggest legal question remains unresolved: Can the Alien Enemies Act — written during the John Adams presidency — really give Trump the power to toss out immigrants without a judge or a hearing?
So far, the courts don’t seem to think so.
