ICE and CBP are slicing the Fourth Amendment

Some conservatives might want to excuse it, but across the country, most egregiously in Minneapolis, federal law enforcement officers are blatantly violating the Fourth Amendment. That amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures and guarantees that warrants shall be issued only upon probable cause.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers now claim that they can forcibly enter a home based solely on the belief that an illegal migrant might live there. That claim is flatly unconstitutional. In the United States, government officers may not enter a private residence without a warrant issued by a judge based on probable cause of a crime. They may not temporarily detain a person without reasonable suspicion, race and ethnicity alone not being sufficient justifications.

ICE officers are not independent judges.