"ICE knew the advice it was giving wouldn’t pass muster. Policies that provide operational guidance to agents are written, emailed throughout an agency, and often available publicly. That didn’t happen here. The whistleblower said it was 'tightly held' at DHS."
The bogus warrant ICE is using to circumvent Constitutional protections was kept secret until a whistleblower brought it to the light.
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
/3
A judicial warrant is on a district court form signed by a judge. An administrative warrant is not on a court form but a DHS form and is signed by an immigration officer and not a judge. Vance publishes digital images of both. She writes,
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
/2
"ICE knew the advice it was giving wouldn’t pass muster. Policies that provide operational guidance to agents are written, emailed throughout an agency, and often available publicly. That didn’t happen here. The whistleblower said it was 'tightly held' at DHS."
The bogus warrant ICE is using to circumvent Constitutional protections was kept secret until a whistleblower brought it to the light.
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
/3
"What this memo really does is purport to override the Fourth Amendment with no law, just vibes. In other words, it’s unconstitutional as hell."
~ Lisa Needham
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
/4
"The whistleblower complaint says that while the memo itself hasn’t circulated widely inside DHS, the directive to trash the Constitution has been used in training new ICE agents, who are already not exactly subject to much vetting."
~ Marty Kelley
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
/5
https://www.wonkette.com/p/ice-arrests-tear-gasses-deports-first
"Per the AP report, 'New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo’s guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure.'”
#ICE #DHS #warrants #Constitution #FourthAmendment #Minnesota
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