#warrantless-home-entry

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fromGothamist
1 week ago

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.
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fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

ICE agents entered a Minnesota home without a judge-signed warrant, and a federal judge held that the entry violated the Fourth Amendment.
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