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ICE Authority and Fourth Amendment

The authority of ICE to enter homes and make arrests without a judicial warrant, and how this relates to the Fourth Amendment.

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Jan 12, 2026
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How have U.S. courts ruled on ICE warrantless home entries and what precedents limit interior immigration arrests?

U.S. courts have repeatedly constrained ICE’s authority to enter homes and make interior arrests without a judicial warrant, holding that warrantless home entries violate the Fourth Amendment absent r...

Jan 22, 2026

What laws limit how administrative ICE can be executed?

broad administrative arrest and detention powers but binds those powers to specific statutes, agency regulations, and constitutional constraints; the key limits come from 8 U.S.C. §§ 1357 and 1226, /I...