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The exception to stop-and-identify laws for traffic stops.
ICE officers in public encounters commonly ask for identification and immigration papers, but what they can legally compel depends on the context: routine public stops do not automatically give ICE th...
Legal protections for refusing to identify oneself during a police stop are a patchwork of constitutional rules and state statutes: the Supreme Court has allowed some “stop-and-identify” laws while re...
Unlawful ICE stops or detentions can be challenged through a mix of administrative complaint routes, facility-level grievance procedures, civil litigation (including habeas petitions and class settlem...
Yes — federal immigration officers can, under federal statute and agency practice, detain someone during a traffic encounter without a judicial arrest warrant when they have the requisite authority an...