US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

A federal judge in Minnesota found that ICE agents violated the Fourth Amendment by forcibly entering a man's home without a judicial warrant, echoing a reportedly undisclosed ICE directive that permitted warrantless home arrests. The report covers the complainant's sworn declaration of the January 11 incident—agents returning with force, use of pepper spray and a battering ram, and the subsequent habeas petition and lawsuit challenging federal immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities.