ICE knocks on a door in Brooklyn. A 'traumatic nightmare' follows.

"Federal immigration officers, acting without a judicial warrant or consent, entered the Brooklyn home of Hayk Safaryan early one morning last summer, took him into custody and seized his personal documents as well, according to a federal lawsuit challenging the arrest's legality. Safaryan, 44, an Armenian immigrant who has lived in the United States for more than two decades, was sitting at his computer and eating breakfast when the officers knocked, according to written court testimony from his wife Léah Lazonick."

"The pending habeas complaint calls for Safaryan's release from ICE custody based on several claims, including that the officers illegally entered the home and arrested him in violation of constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. An internal ICE memo issued to agents in May, and leaked last month to the Associated Press, authorized agents to forcibly enter homes without residents' consent or a judicial warrant, guidance that contravenes what civil liberties attorneys say is long-standing Supreme Court precedent governing searches of homes and private property."

Hayk Safaryan, a 44-year-old Armenian immigrant who has lived in the United States for over two decades, was arrested in his Brooklyn home early one morning when federal immigration officers entered without a judicial warrant or consent. Officers reportedly detained Safaryan after a SWAT team stormed inside as he retrieved identification, and they seized his personal documents. A pending habeas complaint seeks his release from ICE custody, alleging violations of constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. A leaked internal ICE memo authorized agents to forcibly enter homes without consent or warrants, prompting civil liberties concerns and numerous similar lawsuits nationwide.

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