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Southern District of Texas

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Nov 13, 2025
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Have there been court cases challenging ICE warrantless searches?

There have been multiple federal court actions and judicial opinions challenging ICE’s practice of conducting warrantless searches and arrests, with litigants arguing these actions violate the Fourth ...

Dec 17, 2025
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What official government databases or FOIA requests can verify a U.S. citizen's naturalization date?

Official verification of a U.S. citizen’s naturalization date is available, but fragmented: federal court naturalization files and National Archives holdings cover many pre-1991 cases, USCIS maintains...

Nov 2, 2025
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Can ICE agents conduct raids without warrants, and what are the exceptions?

ICE can generally arrest individuals without a judicial warrant in public spaces and conduct certain brief detentions based on , but entry into private homes or nonpublic areas of businesses typically...

Oct 4, 2025

What are the constitutional limits on ICE raids without warrants?

Warrantless ICE arrests and searches are constrained by a mix of statutory text, Supreme Court precedents, and recent lower-court rulings that emphasize Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections; . Recen...

Jan 9, 2026

What differences exist across federal circuits in rulings on ICE use of administrative warrants for workplace and home entries?

Federal courts do not speak with one voice about when ICE may rely on agency-issued administrative or “Blackie’s” inspection warrants to enter workplaces or homes: a line of appellate decisions from t...

Jan 9, 2026

What court rulings have defined limits on ICE’s use of ruses and administrative warrants?

Federal judges and settlements over the past decade have carved clear limits around ICE’s use of deception and its reliance on administrative (non‑judicial) warrants: courts have curtailed warrantless...

Dec 21, 2025

What limits does the Fourth Amendment place on ICE workplace searches without a warrant?

The Fourth Amendment bars unreasonable searches and seizures and, in practice, constrains ICE from forcibly entering and rummaging through private, non‑public areas of workplaces without a judicially ...

Dec 19, 2025

What official U.S. records are public for verifying the naturalization status of non‑elected family members of public officials?

Official U.S. naturalization records that can be used to verify whether a non‑elected family member of a public official became a U.S. citizen include court naturalization petitions and certificates, ...

Dec 5, 2025

How did lower federal appellate courts treat challenges to Obama's executive power during his presidency?

Lower federal appellate courts frequently checked President Obama’s unilateral actions, upholding injunctions or siding with challengers in major cases such as the Fifth Circuit’s stay of DAPA/DACA ex...