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The protests in Minneapolis have been largely massive, organized and intended to be peaceful, drawing tens of thousands and scheduled to end before nightfall, yet they have repeatedly included episode...
Federal law does not categorically require a judicial warrant to remove (deport) noncitizens; , not traditional criminal warrants. Recent federal court rulings in 2025, however, have found that certai...
A March 2025 Department of Justice memo reportedly authorized ICE to rely on the Alien Enemies Act to enter homes without judicial warrants for certain actions, prompting legal challenges and civil li...
Federal courts have increasingly checked ICE’s use of warrantless arrests since 2022, most prominently in Chicago where a federal judge found multiple warrantless arrests violated the 2022 Castañon Na...
Federal policy and statutes constrain but do not absolutely bar the use of chemical agents by federal immigration officers: Department of Homeland Security guidance requires tear gas, pepper balls and...
Federal and civil oversight actions have substantively investigated and constrained ICE operations in Chicago: a federal judge found repeated violating a 2022 consent decree and ordered reporting and ...
The question “ acting out of its jurisdiction?” requires separating legal jurisdiction from tactics and practice: as a federal agency ICE has statutory authority to arrest, detain and remove noncitize...
Federal immigration officers operate under the , which generally bars nonconsensual, warrantless entry into homes, but authorizing forcible entry based on administrative warrants (I-205s), a change th...
Federal courts have repeatedly checked the ’s attempts to end (TPS) for and , finding multiple agency actions unlawful under the and beyond the Secretary’s statutory authority, even as interim stays a...
Not every court has the same written dress code, but virtually every courthouse maintains decorum rules or published guidance that limit casual or disruptive clothing; many local, state, and federal c...