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ICE Administrative Warrant Entries

The use of administrative warrants by ICE for home entries and the legal challenges to this practice.

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Jan 31, 2026

How should residents document and legally respond if ICE agents attempt to enter a home without a judicial warrant?

A recently disclosed internal memo instructs officers they may in some cases use agency-issued “administrative” warrants or even make warrantless arrests, a sharp departure from longstanding practice ...

Jan 31, 2026

What remedies have courts ordered when ICE unlawfully entered a residence without a judicial warrant?

Federal judges have already used traditional habeas and remedies — ordering at least one detainee released and finding warrantless residential entries unconstitutional — while civil plaintiffs and imm...