ICE Discovers Warrants Are Still a Thing, Judge Reminds Them
District Judge Jeffrey Cummings has ordered ICE to release 313 people detained without warrants, a move that 'validates some of the recent accusations of ICE violations '. It's reassuring to know a federal judge occasionally remembers the Fourth Amendment, which explicitly states we should be 'secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures' and
that 'no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.' ICE's response to this inconvenient truth? It'll be 'a significant challenge' to actually follow the law. One might wonder if the challenge is remembering basic constitutional principles or simply admitting gross overreach. The government also noted 12 individuals were 'high flight risks' among the 615 arrested without warrant—as if
violating due process for hundreds is justified by the alleged risk of a few. Perhaps they can try a warrant next time?