Excuse me?
With an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo that allows officers to enter homes without a judicial warrant, the Trump administration is seeking to usurp guardrails that are enshrined in the Fourth Amendment and have protected Americans’ civil liberties for centuries, experts in constitutional law and immigration policy told CNN.
Even in an administration that has always pushed an expansive vision of its law enforcement authority, the directive is notable for the way it tosses aside longstanding prohibitions against warrantless searches on private property — a legal concept that predates the creation of the United States and is among the country’s most foundational principles. [CNN/Politicshttps://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/ice-memo-warrantless-entry-what-we-know]
No, departmental policies are not law and do not override judicial opinion and directives.
And I await, in horror, the inevitable occurrence of them breaking and entering a home protected by an AK-47 and a no-nonsense owner. We’ll have dead ICE agents everywhere and a Secretary of DHS who, frankly, should never have been appointed.
