John,
ICE is now claiming its agents can forcibly enter people’s homes without a warrant signed by a judge. This policy was not debated in Congress, approved by a court, or disclosed to the public. It was created internally and is now being used to justify forced home entry during immigration arrests.
This is a deliberate power grab that shreds the Constitution and puts armed, masked, and unnamed federal agents above the law.
For generations, the home has been the Constitution’s clearest line of defense against government abuse. This secret policy will erase that line. An administrative ICE form, signed by the same agency carrying out the raid, is being treated as permission to kick in doors and terrorize immigrants.
ICE is already using this policy in working-class, Black, Brown, and immigrant communities, where forced entries turn private homes into enforcement zones. Children are exposed to armed raids, families are intimidated into silence, and neighbors are left afraid to answer their doors. None of this makes communities safer. It deepens fear, trauma, and mistrust in the institutions meant to serve the public.
State Attorneys General are not powerless here. They have the authority to investigate, to sue, and to seek court orders blocking unconstitutional federal actions within their states.
Tell your Attorney General to take immediate legal action to stop ICE’s warrantless home invasions and defend constitutional rights.
This memo was not widely shared because ICE knew how dangerous it was. Whistleblowers say agents who raised concerns were threatened with retaliation. That alone tells us everything we need to know. No legitimate public safety policy is written in secret and enforced through intimidation.
If this claim is allowed to stand, it will not stop with immigration enforcement. It sets a precedent that federal agents can decide for themselves when the Constitution applies. That is how civil liberties collapse, not all at once, but through quiet exceptions carved out for people in power.
Democracy cannot survive if armed agencies are allowed to rewrite constitutional limits through internal memos. Judges exist for a reason. Oversight exists for a reason. No agency gets to declare itself above the law.
Attorneys General have both the authority and the obligation to intervene when a federal agency exceeds constitutional limits. That means challenging ICE’s claim in court, seeking injunctions against warrantless home entry, and making clear that internal memos cannot override the Fourth Amendment.
Demand immediate legal action to halt ICE home invasions and stop a federal agency from tearing through constitutional protections with secret internal orders.
Together, we can force accountability and protect our democracy.
– DFA AF Team
