ICE Has Been Given the Tyrannical Power That Literally Triggered the American Revolution

"Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches. The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone with a final order of removal,"

"The memo itself has not been widely shared within the agency, according to a whistleblower complaint, but its contents have been used to train new ICE officers who are being deployed into cities and towns to implement the president's immigration crackdown. New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo's guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure."

"This literally was the casus belli for the beginning of the American Revolution, and it took place more than a decade before the tea went into the harbor. In 1761, a Boston lawyer named James Otis went before the Superior Court of Massachusetts to argue against the writs of assistance, documents that allowed colonial agents to search homes and businesses without warrants specific detailing the reasons for the search and what they expected to find."

An internal ICE memo permits officers to use force to enter residences based on administrative warrants to arrest people with final removal orders, reversing prior guidance that limited warrantless searches. The memo has been used to train new ICE hires and is cited in whistleblower complaints as not widely shared within the agency. The change accompanies a nationwide expansion of immigration arrests and mass deportation deployments reshaping enforcement tactics in cities. Advocates warn the policy conflicts with Fourth Amendment protections and upends longstanding advice to immigrant communities. The text links the policy to historical writs of assistance and 1761 James Otis arguments against warrantless searches.

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