Dem Senator Hammers ICE Chief Over Secret Memo' Allowing Feds to Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant

"Blumenthal began, I don't want to talk about new laws. I want to talk about a very old one: the Constitution of the United States, specifically the Fourth Amendment. Picture is of ICE agents forcing their way into the Minneapolis home of Garrison Gibson, banging down the door, detaining Mr. Gibson in front of his wife, Tiana, and their 10-year-old daughter and niece, who happened to be there at the time."

"While showing the vira image of Gibson, the Connecticut Democrat continued, I don't know whether you're familiar with what happened here. It's one of many, many, many similar incidents that have happened all around the country, and it was done pursuant to what is called an administrative I'm going to hold up a copy of that. Signed by an SDDO, who is, I believe, a member of the ICE workforce, another agenta supervisory detention and deportation officernot a judge, correct? Lyons replied, Correct, Senator."

"Blumenthal continued, So, in effect, this is not a warrant. It's a permission slip. It's a green light from another ICE agent: bash down a door, smash into a home, detain and arrest someone without a judge finding probable cause and without any sort of objective, independent finding. Lyons replied, So the I-205 is the arrest warrant, but the I-205 is based on an executable final order issued by an immigration judge"

An ICE memorandum authorized agents to enter Americans' homes without a judicial warrant. An example shows ICE agents forcing entry into Garrison Gibson's Minneapolis home, detaining him in front of his wife and child. The memo permits administrative arrests signed by an SDDO, a supervisory detention and deportation officer rather than a judge. The I-205 form is described as an arrest warrant that is based on an executable final order from an immigration judge. The immigration judge functions within the executive branch, raising concerns that I-205s act as permission slips rather than independent judicial warrants under the Fourth Amendment.

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